--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Describe how to count up to 1023 on 10 fingers. :)
My wife and I (both CS) use this method exclusivly. I think I have even posted this here before. Anyway, one day we went to the grocer on our way for a long road trip. From across the store, she wanted to know how many Necterines to get total. Using hand signals I asked how many se whould like. She held up her index finger signeling that she would want 2. I then replied that I would also want 2 and responded that this made 4 total. A guy that had been standing close to me but between my wife and I came over and began to yell at me. I had no idea why, and I called for security. When security arived, several soccer moms close by got involved and told them that I had been rude to the man and that was why he was attacking me. I then realized what had happned and tried to explain....It did little good though, they just could not understand how I could have been counting in that manner. I like to use this now as a kind of insult, you hold up 4 fingers on one hand and ask the insult reciever to convert to binary. The UT marching band went to south america and were thrown out of a band competition for using the hook-em-horns sign, which means something very vulgar. After a lot of explaining and a promise not to repeat the offense they were allowed back 3 years latter. At this point they decided that if they could not use the hoom-em then they would hold up an OK sign. Unfortunatly the hand signals are synonimous. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
