I have made it back to Raleigh from yet another adventurous trip to Elizabeth City, my home[Elizabeth City]-away-from-home[Raleigh]-away-from-home[Iowa City]-away-from-home[Chicago].
The scary part is that Elizabeth City is about 3.5 hours east of Raleigh. Similarly, Chicago is 3.5 hours east of Iowa City. More so, the word “City” is in both Elizabeth City and Iowa City. Even more scarily, both “Raleigh” and “Chicago” each have seven letters – just like Kennedy, just like Lincoln.
Coincidence? I think . . . yes.
While in Elizabeth City, in addition to saving the world, my office partners and I were trying to figure out the correct words to a popular children’s tongue-twister: Does Sally sell seashells by the seashore? Or does she sell seashells by the seashore?
The Midwesterners in the car, myself included, are convinced it is “Sally.” Everyone else thinks it is “she.” I have already consulted the mastermind of popularity: the google-o-rama hit counter, a device which unarguably should be used as evidence in civil court proceedings. The numbers are usually overwhelming, but in this case, it is very close. For the record, “Sally” got 258 hits, while the generic “she” got 608.
I’m so stressed out over this conundrum.
