[ WP ] The most interesting use of the word 'vestigial '

The bell chimes; I shamble to the next table, smile wansomely, and gesture at my name tag. `` Everett. Charmed to meetcha.'' 
 
 She's tall, thin and pretty, and looks at me like a governess perceiving an unforeseen prophylactic in a bowl of soup. 
 
 `` Linda. I am a vestigial virgin.'' 
 
 I sit down, heavily. `` What, like in ancient Rome?'' 
 
 `` No. Those were the *vestal* virgins.'' 
 
 I rack my brain, trying to avoid looking at her chest. Look at the face. Otherwise this will never work. What did vestigial mean, again? `` Right. I see. I always get those two mixed up. Happens all the time! Would lose my trousers if they were n't tied to my face!'' 
 
 Oh god; I'm babbling. 
 
 Linda frowns slightly, then shakes her head. `` Whatever. I knew this speed dating would fail.'' 
 
 `` Prophecy?'' Or am I still thinking about vestal virgins? 
 
 `` Experience.'' 
 
 `` Oh.'' 
 
 She rolls her eyes. `` Come. Ask me.'' 
 
 `` Uh?'' 
 
 `` I really thought it would be obvious. A quick ha-ha. But no, I got to explain it to everybody and it's starting to get tiresome. Vestigial means something that's still there, but kind of useless. Like nipples on a man, you know?'' 
 
 I look down at my chest. `` I do?'' 
 
 `` So I'm a vestigial virgin, in the sense that I've done things, such horrible, horrible things, but not the PIV yet.'' 
 
 `` Right.'' 
 
 `` It does n't work when you have to explain it, jokes never do. Right now you're thinking, does she mean fellatio or reverse Polish scat-fisting, how deep does the rabbit-hole go and which hole is that, instead of us having a laugh and bonding.'' 
 
 The bell chimes. 
 
 I move to the next table. The girl there smiles and says, `` Is that a vestigial tail or are you just happy to see me?''
