"So tell me, Ms. Smith," asked the personnel director, "have you any other skills you think might be worth mentioning?"

"Actually, yes," said the applicant modestly.

"Last year I had two short stories published in a national magazine and finished a novel."

"Very impressive," replied the interviewer, "but I was thinking more along the lines of skills you could apply during office hours."

"Oh," she started, "but that WAS during office hours."