An Exercise In Exponential Time
February 15th, 2009- 0.01s: I’ve knocked that pint glass.
- 0.1s: Oh, shit, it’s falling. Maybe I can catch it if I thrust my arm in this direction…
- 1s: No, that’s just caused it to shatter all over the pots and pans instead of the floor. That’s much worse.
- 10s: Actually, if it had landed on the comparatively soft lino floor, it might not have broken. Shit. Right. Anyway. That’s enough standing around staring at broken glass. Time to clean up.
- 1m 40s: Although usually untidy, I appear to be a neat freak when shards of glass are involved.
- 16m 40s: Oh, God, it’s everywhere. I’m going to be eating bits of glass for ages. I wonder how I am supposed to get bits of broken glass off a non-stick pan. I hope this isn’t the kind of glass that has the same refractive index as water.
- 2h 46m 40s: Tell room-mate we’ve lost another pint glass. Why can’t they make pint glasses out of the same stuff as car windscreens? They break at the slightest provocation; why can’t they be shatterproof?
- 1d 3h 46m 40s: Hasn’t happened yet. If still alive at this point, I will assume all is well forever.
- 1w 4d 13h 46m 40s: I will have forgotten the whole thing.
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