Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Sillies

I spent my day in D.C. yesterday with two dear high school friends (and a brief cameo by Marie) eating scrapple, uncharacteristically losing at a board game, and walking in snow/sleet conditions without waterproof gear or winter clothes. 

(craning necks, squinting eyes, standing on tippy toes to see what the board says about when the next train was coming)

Nish: It'll be here in 6 minutes.

Nick: Or is that 8?  Maybe 8 minutes.

Nish: Now I'm seeing 4, or 5.

Moi: Are you guys just saying single digit numbers?

Nick: 7 minutes.  No, 3.  9.  14.  Yeah, I said 14.  It's a single digit number in base 7.  That's right.  I saw you about to make a snide comment about 14, but I was thinking in base 7.

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