I went to Brooke's old apartment during my lunchbreak to spend a little time with her. Right about now she should be at Augusta Regional Airport, getting ready for the first leg of her transcontinental trip home.
While I was at the apartment I noticed she had a tiny Magic 8 ball sitting above her stove. I picked it up, and, stupidly, I asked, "Will I ever be able to have children?"
There was a big blue glob in the way, so I couldn't see the whole message. The last word was "Doubt".
"Will I see Brooke again this year?" I asked.
The reply appeared to be "Count on it", but I just checked a list of standard Magic 8 Ball responses, and the only one like that in the list is "Don't count on it".
The list does include "Without a doubt", though.
You WILL be here in July.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for that 8 ball, don't trust that one, it's kind of stuck between those two answers. I got the "doubt" one when I used to ask it if I'd ever get married, and YOU see it was wrong. it just stayed there because I (USED TO) suck at cleaning. I'd just give it the two fingered English salute of ill will, and not think another thought about it.
See you in July!! ;)
(Oh, and my word verification is "bbitx." How freaking CUTE is THAT?!)
"Without a doubt" seems pretty correct to me :> Did you mean you got "Don't count on it"?
ReplyDeleteAnd actually, there were two Magic 8 Balls there. I didn't mention that in the post because it was tangential. But when I first went to pick one of them up, I thought they were a rather unique contact lens case.
Well, whatever message it was, it was a negative one, Miss Stickler!! :P
ReplyDeleteYou can get those (at least this is where I GOT them) little 8 balls in the birthday favor section of walmart. I'm a sucker for a magic 8 ball..