Discussion Topic For The Day

While I have a few minutes to drop a post down. . ..

So today we were discussing some general work related stuff (honest, I swear!) when the topic of a specific coworker of mine came up. Now I refer to said coworker as my arch nemesis, not because I interact with him on a regular basis, or wish him any harm. . . I just hate him with every bone in my body. Succinct version: he's a pretentious jerk who doesn't know anywhere near as much as he thinks he does, but still thinks he knows more than anyone else.

Regardless, upon mentioning my arch nemesis, the discussion quickly turned to questioning what is the plural form of nemesis? Nemesi? Nemeses? People I Hate? (I later looked it up, and it's nemeses, which is nowhere near as much fun as saying nemesi).

In the usual fashion of our conversations here, we went off in another tangent (our convesations meander like a drunken sailor during an earthquake, i.e. they normally fall into the gutter) about whether or not you would even need the plural of nemesis when talking about an Arch Nemesis.

Josh, in a moment of utter geekdom, made the argument that you could have multiple arch nemeses because Batman did. I told him he was a $#%^ing moron because you can't have more than one Arch Nemesis, hence the arch. Besides, everyone knows the Joker was Batman's Arch Nemesis. I swear. . . the people I work with.