February 08, 2006

'Vator Talk

Riding the elevator. Woman in her mid-to-late twenties is carrying an open package of Lean Cusine that she'd apparently just microwaved in the cafeteria downstairs. She's also holding a Notre Dame mug. I think: that Lean Cusine looks so bad.

"That looks good," says another elevator rider, pointing to her Lean Cusine.

"Yeah it's not bad. I can't complain."

I think: I would.

"I'm on Atkins."

"Oh really? My dad's on Atkins. He'll go on and off it."

The contraction "he'll" sounds like "hill" and between that and other words I realize she's southern. Funny, ND's a national school and all, but don't associate it with our friends in the south.

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