I have been trying to remember the circumstances of this story, and my wife just remembered the critical part I could not remember.  Now armed with that piece of knowledge, I can tell the story.

First, I must set the timeline.  It was in the first half of 2006.  That's important because I had been watching Americal Idol.  That's right, I am not ashamed to admit I watched.  You saw Katherine McPhee!  Or, as her friends call her...Kat.

So, I am on the phone spelling some word, while providing a word for each letter.  You know, A as in alpha, B as in bravo.  Ok, hold it, I have a problem already.  Shouldn't it be B as in beta, if A is as in alpha?  Anyway, I can never remember the more obscure letters and words.  I don't even remember the word I was trying to spell.

I do remember I was on the letter K.  There I was, "K as in...".  It's amazing how fast you can think sometimes.  How you can have an entire conversation in your head in a fraction of a second.  So I was paniced.  K as in..what?  I couldn't remember kilo.  Come on, what American uses the word kilo on a regular basis that isn't a drug user?  So there I was...stuck...K as in ...then, Katherine McPhee's name popped in my head.  I should say Katherine.  But, since her friends call her Kat, and that is shorter, I said Kat.  So there it is, I said "K as in Kat".  If you haven't caught on yet, say it out loud.  Wait for it.  There you go.  Yes, the person on the other end of the line actually heard me say "K as in cat".  Well, once it was out of my mouth and I heard it, I couldn't help but laugh at my gaffe.  In fact, I couldn't stop laughing.  Now the person on the other end of the line thought I was stupid and insane.  Darn that Katherine McPhee!