The Cold Organism and Employee Absenteeism

(All names have been changed to protect the guilty).

A long, long time ago, when I was very young, I worked at a lawyer's office.  The private investigator employed at the firm did not like me much - and I returned the favor.  He was one of the, a'hm, stupidest people I have ever met.  He was crude and crass, and simply unpleasant.  But he was also often funny.

There had been a rash of absenteeism among the employees, with colds and flus, and what have you.  One after the other, everyone seemed to be taking time off.  It was disruptive and annoying to be sure.  That it was sweltering July didn't matter.  The rest of the crew had gathered in the lunchroom one day, when Mr. Clem, the investigator, storms in, sees us all in one place, and decides to give us a piece of his mind.  He sets off on his soliloquy: "Girls, of course you're all sick.  You got kids at home, they bring colds home, and you're here in air conditioning, then you go outside into the heat, then you come back in, and there are so many orgasms in the air, of course you're gonna get sick ..."

Huh? "Oh, Mr. Clem, they're ORGANISMS!" We can still hear our boss laughing.