posted 2007/07/06 at 14:19
... that today is the birthday of both Nancy Reagan and George W. Bush. There's a joke to be made in here about astrologers and finding weapons of mass destruction, but I'll leave it for you to write. Right now, let's just play the friday5.org Friday Five.
1. Given as a percentage, approximately what are the chances that there is a french fry somewhere in your car? If you do not own a car, what are the chances that there is a french fry somewhere in the car you most frequently ride in?
0%. Even on the rare occasions I eat fast food these days, I always dine in. I can't even recall the last time I used any kind of drive-thru service, fast food or otherwise, because the driver's side window of my car has been stuck in the up position for longer than I can remember. I might hasten to add here that my car has no air conditioning, which makes driving during the day real fun on days like today.
2. Given as a percentage, approximately what are the chances that you will eat ice cream sometime in the next four days?
There's a 100% chance I'll have it later tonight after dinner. If someone else in the house eats the last of the ice cream before I get to it, I'll go out to get a new carton. I love my ice cream.
3. Given as a percentage, approximately what are the chances that you’ll get a personal, handwritten greeting in the mail sometime in the next week?
0%. The only people who I can ever recall writing greetings by hand to me are family members who either don't want to have anything to do with me now or are long since departed.
4. Given as a percentage, approximately what are the chances that there will be rain in your neighborhood within the next forty-eight hours?
According to the Weather Channel forecast I just looked at, apparently 0%. We're only supposed to get rain in here on Monday, after a couple of real scorching days temperature-wise.
5. Given as a percentage, approximately what are the chances that in the next twenty-four hours, you will be in the same room as a naked person other than yourself?
0%, and I'd like to keep it that way, thank you very much.
1. 0% We bought our car in March, there are no drive thrus anywhere near where I live, and the rest of my family doesn't eat fast food anyway.
2. 20%. But 95% if you include snow cones ("kakigouri") in the definition of "ice cream".
3. 75%, if my family as a whole is included in the definition of "personal".
4. About 75%. Which is a shame, today being Tanabata and all.
5. 99% :-p
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