The library at Chateau Pease; a bright fire burns in the great fireplace; the shelves are lined with learned tomes; in the corner, a computer monitor glows bright displaying a Wikipedia page in Edit Mode. Enter Dr. Mushy and Mr. Decster.
Mushy: So foul and fair a day I have not seen
Decster: Indeed, a foul day for erratum but a fair day for pedantry
Mushy: I presume you meant ‘errata’
Decster: Of course. So what are we going to do tonight?
Mushy: The same thing we do every night, engage in a night-long litany of pedantry and moral self-rightousness
Decster: You mis-spelled ‘righteousness’
Mushy: Well spotted
The fire hisses as Decster throws another peasant on it. Mushy takes a seat at one of the ornate tables, the 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary (0198611862 ) spread out before him. Decster, at the computer, browses to the Recent Edits page of the Wikipedia and starts to note down the mistakes of mere mortals.
Decster: So it begins, Dr. Mushy
Mushy: So it begins.
