An acquaintance of mine has an annoying habit. She name drops. If she comes within shouting distance of a celebrity, she manages to make it sound as if the two are bosom buddies. And she always butts into conversations to say something about herself. That's bad enough, but it's never even about the topic we were discussing. Sometimes she will hear that some of us went out somewhere and were dishing about this or that and she will feel compelled to call one of us the next day to try to add her two cents. She doesn't get that it's too late and we have all moved on to other things. I guess I feel more sorry than annoyed. She is a rather pathetic figure. She has a need to feel important and she wants to believe that we value her contribution to the conversation, late or not.