So this whole number thing started when my wife asked me why I wear the number 17 on my jerseys for basketball and softball. That’s when my secret life of being crazy was found out. I will give you some back ground on my eating habits. I would have been a great professional eater when I was younger. If I only had know competitive eating was out there I’m sure I would have done it and brought the Nathan’s hot dog eating belt back from Japan years ago. So I like sandwiches and my favorite during high school was a hot ham and cheese in the microwave. To get the cheese melted just right you needed to put it in (open face so when it was done you had a cold piece of bread to handle it). 37 seconds was the right amount of time for it. But here is the kicker the numbers 3 -7- start were in a line, because you didn’t want to waste time bouncing around hitting random numbers. So that’s why my favorite number is 37. A frozen hot dog is similar, 5-5 –start or two frozen hot dogs are 1-1-1- start. It’s all about getting that food fast and not burning calories while doing it. Now the reason I don’t wear my favorite number 37. In high school basketball the jerseys only go up to 5’s (25, 35, 45, and 55). So I could never wear it. So when I started playing later in life I tried 37 and 47 (that was Corey Koskie’s number with the Twins) but I’m a tall skinny kid and those numbers are for larger people since they take up more space on your back, slimming you could say. 7 is for smaller point guard size people. So I went with 17. The numbers are tall and thin like me.
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February 26, 2008 at 8:57 pm
audrey
I love that the microwave is your basis for choosing a favorite number. That’s my kind of thinking.
February 26, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Julie
Awesome!
This was wonderful.
February 27, 2008 at 9:33 am
The Bug
Welcome, TTO!
February 27, 2008 at 5:42 pm
kspin
Wow. That wasn’t what I was expecting. I like your style. I guess you will work as a replacement for now…
🙂
February 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Laurel
I love your microwaving shortcuts! I also believe in setting the microwave for 60 seconds rather than 1:00, because, hello, one less button to push!!
March 20, 2008 at 12:07 pm
RA
Hooray! Glad to have you back!