Calculation
Earlier this week, I was at London Drugs with my cousins Osh Kosh (she's 17) & H (Osh Kosh's younger brother, he's 16). (They are visiting from Yellowknife...BRRR)
London Drugs is having their Celebrating 60 Years promo, where you fill out a ballot for a chance to win $60,000. As many of you know, all these ballots have those "skill testing questions" at the end - they're usually simple mathematical questions you need to answer in order to qualify for the prize.
I get to the skill-testing question part of the ballot, and after a quick scan of the question I think I know what the answer is.
"Hmmm. I think I know the answer, but I don't have a calculator."
At this point, Osh Kosh perks up and says, "I have a calculator!" After which she starts rummaging through her purse and pulls out not just any calculator but a TI83! For those of you who haven't seen one, this calculator is about as big as an average adult hand. She starts to punch in the calculation.
"Ummm. Who in the hell carries a TI83 around in her purse?"
"But it's got games in it!"
"A TI83???"
"Really, it's got games!"
"I don't care if it has games! It's a TI83, and it was in your purse!"
At this point, I am laughing so hard there's tears streaming down my face. Osh Kosh now realizes the ridiculousness of the situation and starts laughing as well! H is shaking his head and slowly inching further and further away from us, trying really hard to pretend he isn't with us.
"Here's the answer" Osh Kosh is able to say in between her peals of laughter.
"Thanks. And take that thing out of your purse, will ya?"
"But it's got games!"
London Drugs is having their Celebrating 60 Years promo, where you fill out a ballot for a chance to win $60,000. As many of you know, all these ballots have those "skill testing questions" at the end - they're usually simple mathematical questions you need to answer in order to qualify for the prize.
I get to the skill-testing question part of the ballot, and after a quick scan of the question I think I know what the answer is.
"Hmmm. I think I know the answer, but I don't have a calculator."
At this point, Osh Kosh perks up and says, "I have a calculator!" After which she starts rummaging through her purse and pulls out not just any calculator but a TI83! For those of you who haven't seen one, this calculator is about as big as an average adult hand. She starts to punch in the calculation.
"Ummm. Who in the hell carries a TI83 around in her purse?"
"But it's got games in it!"
"A TI83???"
"Really, it's got games!"
"I don't care if it has games! It's a TI83, and it was in your purse!"
At this point, I am laughing so hard there's tears streaming down my face. Osh Kosh now realizes the ridiculousness of the situation and starts laughing as well! H is shaking his head and slowly inching further and further away from us, trying really hard to pretend he isn't with us.
"Here's the answer" Osh Kosh is able to say in between her peals of laughter.
"Thanks. And take that thing out of your purse, will ya?"
"But it's got games!"
posted by Elle at 12:30 a.m.
4 Comments:
but was it a regular, original model of the TI-83 or a TI-83 PLUS? huh? huh?
that kid rules.
dude - how can you go wrong with a ti-83 in you purse? unsure of what 1/x looks like? graph it? need to calculate a matrix? hey! there's a ti-83. hahahahahaha
Happy New Year Luv!!
Happy New Year Ang...and everyone else!
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