Echo

(Imported from my Multiply site again…)

I measured
my height yesterday because I found a tape measure in the course of my
hunting for a pair of scissors and thought I might as well measure my
height.

Ladies and gentlemen. I am now 5′ 4/5". Let the fanfare begin! I grew 4/5 of an inch since…well, grade school.

Aw, shut up, you party poopers!

***

Which reminds me of an anecdote that I must share…

Back in college, Slimmer’s World had a promo. If we presented 3 packs of a certain "healthy" multi-grain chichiria,
we’d gain 3 free sessions (or something like that.) So my ever
enterprising best friend decided that we all try it out since (1) we
wanted to start some kind of activity we could all do together and, (2)
it was free.

When we got there, we presented our empty packs of chichiria
and sure enough, we were given free access! Before starting any free
exercise class though, we had to have our profiles taken. So off we
went to a room that had some attendant with a form.

My best
friend and I answered all the prerequisite questions: name, occupation,
etc. The girl then made us stand on a scale thing to weigh us and it
had that thing that unfolded on the top to measure our heights.

She gave her readings to us: I was 4′11 1/2". I knew I wasn’t 4′11 1/2" - I mean, I knew I was small, but for sure I reached 5′ man lang! So I kind of asked her to clarify that bit.

I never should’ve done that.

Here is the ensuing conversation:

Girl: Bale, ma’am, por ileben en wan hap po kayo. Pero ok lang ho yon. May discrefansi (discrepancy) naman po yung scale namin ng wan hap, so malamang 4′12" kayo.

Me: E di  5′.

Girl: Hindi, ma’am, 4′12".

Me: Uh, kaya nga. 5′.

Girl: Hindi, ma’am, 4′12". Kasi ito ho, tignan nyo…

(She takes out a sheet of scratch paper and a pencil…)

Girl: …(Writing it down as she dictates it to me - in a really haughty way, I might add) Por ileben en wan hap plas wan hap….(muttering under her breath)…kansel-kansel…wan hap plas wan hap…ikwals…12! (Triumphantly) Por ileben en wan hap plas wan hap, bikows op da discrefansi, ikwals 4′12"!!!

Me and My Best Friend: (Looking at each in defeat.) Oo nga naman.

***
And now I’ve grown. So now I’m 4′12 4/5"! En yur peys, man! 

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