She’s driving. Her GPS is in miles.
Me: So… do you think in miles in terms of distance?
Her: umm…
Me: Wait… so… do you know distances? I mean if I say five miles or five kilometres, do you know how far that is?
Her: umm… you mean like in time it takes to drive it?
Me: No, I mean, in terms of distance, do you have an idea in your mind of how far a mile is?
Her: umm… is it a thousand yards?
Me: * blinking * uh… what? No… that’s just about half of a mile…
Her: Oh, ok, so a couple thousand yards
Me: you know… every day I find out a new way just how different I am from most normal people. You know like the Chinese, apparently don’t have an internal dialogue.
Her: Oh I have one of those! It’s coming up with a bunch of words for you right now as we speak.
Me: Like to describe Italian things, like cars, when compared to English things right? Cool, sexy, sleek, faster, harder, stronger.
Her: * scrunches face into that “yeahhhhh… not quite” look *
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