So tonight's post will not be about how awesome DST is. It will be about how if the world gives you no friends you go out and hire a friend.
I was the first University of Michigan grad that our organization had ever hired. Soon after coming on board (employer pun) I looked around and saw a bunch of ohio state shit and was disgusted. I decided that I needed backup and realized I needed another U of M grad. So I went back to Michigan, found one that had strong legs and good pad level and hired the shit out him.
Quickly our appreciation for being smarter than everyone else became apparent. You see, most days people would go around and ask if anyone wanted to grab lunch at one of the local food joints down the road. It was always a crapshoot if people had brought their lunches or not, and there was no way to determine if people were going out on any given day. So we decided to develop a quick and simple way to know whether we would pack a lunch or go out to eat. But the trick was that we wanted to keep it varied and not always go out on the same days every week. We came up with the Prime Number Eating Schedule (PNES). Everyday which is a prime number we go out to eat.
It ends up breaking down really well.
Days 1-10: 4
Days 11-20: 4
Days 21-31: 3
It is possible to get the unlucky week where the 24th is a Monday, but there is only one of those weeks between now and September 2012. I double checked that with one of those idiot savants who memorize calendars. For the most part it's a pretty good system, because I can look at my watch and know whether or not to pack a lunch, and I know that my someone else is doing the same thing. That's the Michigan Difference.
2 comments:
As a huge fan of DTS myself, I for some reason feel the need to always point out one technicality in most DTS discussions. Never meant to be snarky, just informative, but there is actually no second "s" on "Saving" in Daylight Saving Time. Much like it's just Meijer and not Meijers, as it's often pronounced.
Sincerely,
The Grammar Police
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
www.thecostners.blogspot.com
So, I just wanted to point out that Skitt's Law applies here. Unless of course Matt really is Down To Snuggle, a big fan of the Dallas Theological Seminary, or a person going through Detective Training School in Bangladesh.
Brian: Double points for both coming up with a good system and semi inappropriate acronym. Truly outstanding work.
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