an·ec·dote
–noun
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
[Origin: anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut. pl. of anékdotos, equiv. to an- an-1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adj. of EKDIDONAI to give out, publish (ek- ec- + didónai to give)]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Whoa, what's with the bruises on your hands?
I was doing my taxes.
And...
Well, when I throw things they break, if I scream the neighbors will hear me so, I bang on the table and hope they think I'm building something.
