Time To Assay The Essay Situation, Part 4

(My mom, sister, and I are in the car talking about all the homework we need to do over the weekend. My mom reminds my sister of an essay she needs to write.)

Mom: “This is. like. the second time I’ve reminded you.”

Sister: “It’s, like, the hundredth!”

Me: “Those are two very different numbers…”

Mom: “It’s somewhere between the two.”

Sister: “No, it’s, like, the thousandth time!”

Me: “You just multiplied your number by ten.”

Mom: “Yet the essay is still not done…”

Sister: “Mom! That’s, like, the millionth time you’ve told me!”

Mom: “Yet it’s still not done…”