Working cashier tonight. A girl’s order came to $13.35. In my deluded state of joviality, I quipped, “Two cents more there would have been cause to celebrate.”<\/p>\n
“What? Why?”<\/p>\n
Thus followed a two minute long explanation on the relevance of the number 1337 that fell on confused but probably completely apathetic ears that had me regretting ever saying anything. It was horrible. I was hoping for an armed gunman to end the conversation. <\/p>\n
Tommy: It’s a really nerdy joke from the internet.
\nGirl: *confused stare*
\nTommy: Just ask any nerd …or computer science major. There’s probably one in here.
\nGirl: *confused stare*
\nTommy: See, it’s this language where every letter is replace with a number. 1 for L, 3 for E, and 7 for T. 1-3-3-7? L-E-E-T? It’s just a really nerdy- I’m a big nerd, okay?! I got a tattoo of pi! I-
\nGirl: *confused stare*
\nTommy: Would you like a drink with that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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