Monday, August 08, 2005

Comb - pronounced "kahmb"

Ever since I was in Junior High School and was assigned my first locker, I've had this odd notion about locker combinations. In Junior High, of course, most kids were quite protective of their combination. You wouldn't let anybody look over your shoulder while opening the lock.

I took this one step (or several steps) further. I imagined there might be mindreaders about, so I would try to avoid even thinking of the combination while opening the lock. To this day, I say to myself the fake combination "36-23-36" as I dial the real one in the locker room at the gym. Sometimes I find myself dialing that fake one instead, and I have to start over.

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