I think by now most developers that use MS tools are aware of the proverbial "Mort" persona Microsoft created around the VB user. In fact, there are some interesting links on the Internet regarding this issue.
I'll just list 2 of my favorites here, but of course feel free to Google to your hearts content.
However, it never dawned on me to think of it this way until I saw this today.
Mort is Dead!
PS. After seeing that, which one is the real Mort? Bah, I should have used the clever line "Would the real Mort please stand up...: