(I’m calling my insurance company for info about my policy. I’m asked for my policy number. I don’t have it on me so I asked for him to look it up by social security number.)
Me: *gives social security number*
Representative: “Please verify your name.”
Me: *gives name*
Representative: “And your date of birth.”
Me: *gives date of birth*
Representative: “Now, please verify the last four digits of your social.”
Me: *pause* “You mean the last four digits of my social, that I gave you in whole to look up my policy?”
Representative: “…Yes.”
Me: “Is it just me, or are books basing their covers on other more popular books? I mean, look at this one—” *points at random book* “—and this one.”
(My boyfriend looks at the books, and particularly at ’50 Shades of Grey,’ which neither of us likes.)
Boyfriend: “He shouldn’t even be using a half Windsor knot. It ought to be a full Windsor knot. It will be more secure and bulkier, which is the whole point.”
Me: “… I love you.”
Boyfriend: “You will forget that I know that. Right?”
Me: “No.”
(It’s Christmas, and the entire family is over for lunch. We’re all talking about random things when the subject of iTunes comes up; specifically, iCloud.)
Mum: “It’s really clever how they do that.”
Me: “Do what?”
Mum: “Attach a satellite to a cloud in the sky…”
(My sister and I are watching ‘A Nightmare Before Christmas’ while I’m video-chatting my partner.)
Sister: “It’s Slender Man!”
Me: “What? No!”
Sister: “He fits the legends!”
Me: “Slender Man doesn’t have a face.”
Sister: “Oh.”
Me: *to partner* “My sister just called Jack Skellington, Slender Man.”
Partner: *slowly horrified* “…no.”
(My tenth-grade history class is currently learning about the Vietnam War. Today’s focus is on the bombing of Cambodia.)
Teacher: “It was like science fiction. People in the US couldn’t believe it was happening!”
(We proceed to watch a short film filled with archival footage, as well as have a fifteen-minute discussion. At the end, my teacher asks if there are any questions. The girl in front of me raises her hand.)
Student: “So, did this, like, actually happen?”
