My boss calls me 'The Computer'.
Nothing to do with intelligence. I go to sleep if left unattended for 15 minutes.
M: Kitchen
W: Can you feed the cat
M: I mean garage
W: bring in laundry
M: Bathroom
W: Clean toilet
M: I mean Bundaberg
W: Get a bottle of Rum.
There is nothing new under the sun: Here is a quote from Ivan Shechoglovitov (1861 - 1918), Tsarist Minister of Justice:
The paralytics of the government are struggling feebly with the epileptics of the revolution.