Sometimes I wake up from my small geek cocoon and realize that ordinary people don't often know a thing about my work. (You know the situation when you try to tell someone about what you really do for living.)
Last week this really hit my face when a person approached me and asked about what the word Xml meant on my T-shirt. I tried to explain to her, but this was very hard. Afterwards she said to me that she thought that xml was some kind of scale of size, above XL (extra large). She even said that she thought that it was the size of something naughty. Don't be afraid. She didn't try to flirt with me. (She is married and got six children.)
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