I'll Be Back...At Quarter To Seven
3/16/2005 5:37 PM
The other day a young boy asked me what time it was. "Quarter to seven," I replied.3/16/2005 5:37 PM
I could see by the "Huh?" look on his face that I had completely bamboozled him. That and the fact that he had said, "Huh?"
At about that point, the little Terminator Heads-Up Display in my brain kicked in to assess the situation.
SCANNING....
SUBJECT: HUMAN CHILD
AGE: UNDER 15 YEARS
CONCLUSION: DIGITAL CLOCKS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED IN HIS LIFETIME
SOLUTION: CONVERT TEMPORAL UNITS FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL
BEGIN SUBROUTINE....
&ANALOGTODIGITAL("QUARTER TO SEVEN");
"It's 6:45," I said.
The light in the lad's eyes came back on once I stopped spouting nonsense. "Oh. Thanks."
Now I'm off to find Sarah Conner.