Last week, my boss called me into his office to read me a quote. He'd selected it just for me from the book of sayings that he assaults his underlings with on a daily basis. The quote was:

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not. -Colette

Then, my boss was like, "True, eh? Eh? Hah, hah, hah. What do you think? True, huh?"

(It was a put-me-in-my-place. I am too uppity.)

I replied, "Colette? She was a prostitute."

[My deepest apologies to Colette. She was only a dance hall girl and a voluptuary.]

And my boss said, "Heh, heh, heh. I don't know who any of these people are. I mean, I went to college, but all I learned was how to make screw drivers in a trash can."

So, in essence, I was told not to think I'm so smart by a man who can make screw drivers in a trash can.

Point taken.