"I Don't Know Dick"

I just had a friend invite me to join his network on LinkedIn. I have a LinkedIn account, but don't really use it much.

Anyway, as I accepted his invitation, I noticed a short list of names on the left side of "People you may know".

Lo and behold, one of them was "Dick Craddock".

Well, it turns out that I do indeed know Dick Craddock, so I clicked the "Invite" linked to have him join my LinkedIn network.

The next page that came up asked me "How do you know Dick?"

My choices:

• Colleague


• Classmate


• We've done business together


• Friend


• Groups and Associations


• Other


• I don't know Dick

Um, none of these choices really apply, do they? I realize that LinkedIn is a professional networking site, so I suppose it would be inappropriate for them to have a "we dated" or a "we hooked up" option. I guess I could chose "Other", but that just seems to darned impersonal.

Now, I know that I've been with Dick long enough now to have heard all of the "Dick Jokes", but I have to admit, I still get the giggles when I read something like "I don't know Dick".