Here's an example of the office cyber-patter that goes on about the Coworker From Hell, who is seemingly a Seinfeld character come to life. Let me clarify that she likes to pick a sworn enemy in the professional world and rant and rave about them. The sworn enemy is usually a female that she has deemed completely incompetent and of questionable sanity. (To borrow a line that I think was used on Seinfeld: "Hello pot? It's the kettle. You're black!")

First, my original "ARGH BLARGH" email -- I edited out real names:

What is she going to do now that 1) Person A, 2) Person B, 3) Person C and 4) Person D are all out of government? When will a new female sworn enemy emerge, so we don't have to hear retread stories about Person A and Person C?

One coworker's response:

I have 2 semi-crazy women, do I hear 3?

2 going once...

Going twice….

Gone! Sold to the lush with a bad case of bed-head!

Another coworker's observation:

If no viable object for her scorn emerges, I see a possibility that she may simply turn on herself. Let's hope not. The number of aberrant behavior stories that she then would be able to tell would be endless.

The only reason that I stay even slightly sane is because my other colleagues are really funny.