The Age of the 1,270 Mile Argument
The internet allows for some tremendously important arguments to take place. Like this one:
Me: I don’t know if you’ve listened to it much, but I made a Miles Davis radio station on Pandora, and it’s awesome. I’ve been listening to it for days.
Sean: I made that radio station, but yeah, it’s great.
Me: Nooooo. I made that station.
Sean: I distinctly remember making it.
Me: Well, the point is, I’m really enjoying the radio station that I made.
Sean: That I made.
Me: That I made.
Sean: I know I made a station like that.
Me: Well, I know I made that station, not one like it.
Sean: Well it is a good one.
Me: I know! I created a great station.
Sean: I created.
Me: I mean, I’d make my own Pandora account, but I’ve put so much work into making these stations great.
Sean: Yeah, the stations I made.
Me: I made.
And so on.
But here’s the point: I’m right. I’ll even give you an example of why I’m right, so that you can have a bigger picture idea of how I know I’m right.
Me: [out on the back porch, drinking a glass of wine, reading a novel]
Sean: [Comes out, starts rummaging through the storage shed]
Me: [glances up quickly, then back down to novel] Whatcha doing?
Sean: Well…. I’m looking for the coolant fluid, because I’m going to check the fluid in the truck.
Me: [still not looking up] It’s empty.
Sean: How do you know? Did you check it?
Me: Nope. It just is. I know.
Sean: How?
Me: [still reading] It just is.
Sean: Well we’ll just see.
Me: You’ll just see. I already know.
Sean: [leaves to check fluids in the truck, then comes back, and says nothing.]
Me: Well?
Sean: [just enough of a pause, that he knows that I know] It was empty.
Me: I know. That’s what I said.
Clearly, I MADE the Miles Davis Radio Station. How? I just know.
I miss on your blog. This is too funny. Come on – you can start writing again.
Makes me laugh every time I read it.