Current events inspired these two thoughts. I have no idea WHY, though.
Yesterday’s numerical expression of the date was repeatedly pointed out to be 9-9-9. I guess that since the zero equals nothing, it was discarded. Anyway, upon returning to work after running my route yesterday, I mentioned that when I heard someone say 9-9-9, it reminded me of Gretta Gutteral, a buxom foreign exchange student from Germany. We dated briefly in high school, I confided to my coworkers. I got a chuckle out of those who were listening, when I said, “Yeah, Gretta had some kind of an... Sign in to see full entry.