BOP! I have one inmate here who I can talk to about lots of things, and we try and top each other with the stupidest thing we have seen on any given day. The answer is our word: BOP!

Yes, it happens to be the acronym for "Bureau of Prisons" but to be able to answer each other with, well, BOP! (Say it loud and proud) lets us let off steam and feel somewhat smug too.

We joke about if they had a satellite that took pictures based on the IQ of a given area, this place would be a black hole!

Here is a good example. I had to set up the chapel area for an annual memorial service held by the staff to honor the correctional officers that have died in the line of duty - a total of 23 since 1901.

Well, I ran six microphone cables into a homemade (i.e. prison made) junction box in the front of the chapel. One of the staff members playing the banjo insisted on standing on top of all the cables where they were laying just before being plugged into the wall.

Sure enough, although I tested all the mikes 20 minutes earlier, half way through the first song one of the mikes goes out because of a bad cable.

The answer -- BOP!  ¶ 12:32 PM