One Way to Get Famous

On 25 May 2005, Richard Phillips, a senior associate at the London office of international law firm Baker & McKenzie e-mailed Jenny Amner, a secretary at the same firm, informing her that it would cost £4 to remove the ketchup stains from his trousers for which Ms. Amner was presumably somehow responsible, and asked her to provide him with the cash by the end of the day. In June 2005 a brief e-mail exchange between the two was leaked outside the firm, turning Mr. Phillips into a figure of derision around the world. via snopes.com