Headache or Cramp?

I have a male colleague who considers himself as a fairly smart guy. He has a couple of degrees and can name all the U.S. States in alphabetical order. Now granted he has to sing them in that same squeaky, elementary school boy voice when he learned the "Fifty Nifty United States" song back in the 1st grade ;0) hehehe! But still, that level of smartitude has to count for something, right? So why is it that someone like him who borderlines on genius (note the sarcasm) can be so freaking dumb sometimes? I give to you Exhibit A.

Obviously this isn’t the exact conversation, word for word, as it occurred in real life and not over AIM or some other form of online communication where I could have saved the actual chit-chat. Although from the best of my recollection, this is how it went down...

Male Colleague: My head is killing me! Do you have any Aspirin?

Me: I have Tylenol. Do you want that?

Male Colleague: Yeah, that will work.

Me: (checks my drawer) Actually it’s Tylenol PM.

Male Colleague: (in a sarcastic, mocking tone) Ha-ha. I know. I get it. I’m on my man-period this week. But seriously, do you have just regular Tylenol or something?

Me: You know, you can take Tylenol PM.

Male Colleague: (gives me this irritated look as if to say stop playing around)

Me: Well...it might make you drowsy, but should get rid of your headache. (I pause as a light bulb goes off in my head) Wait...what do you think the PM stands for?

Male Colleague: I'm not stupid. It's Tylenol for women. PM = premenstrual.

At this point I'm almost on the floor in a fit of laughter. All these years male colleague always thought that Tylenol PM was their version of Midol, the period pain relief meds. He never knew PM stood for nighttime!

Male Colleague: Who ever looks at the moon on the bottle anyway? Stupid period medicine!

It's always the smart ones who get them good...lol