relativity
Back when Jeremy and I were courting, the Australian telecommunications carrier Telstra was phasing out its analogue mobile phone network, so you could buy the service for cheap. The deal was very popular with the feckless young, such as I. There was just one drawback: my first cellphone was the size of a brick. (Ask Jeremy about it some time. And ask him about my first car, the beloved Martika.)
These days the feckless young are younger than ever. This morning, after breakfast:
C: I want a GREAT BIG ENORMOUS… TELEPHONE.
J: Claire, that’s so unhip!
R: You want a LEETLE TINY PHONE, like Ben Stiller had in Zoolander!
I hold my fingers a quarter-inch apart.
R: Leetle tiny telephone!
C: No! I want a GREAT BIG telephone, like THIS!
She holds her hands three inches apart. The room explodes in laughter.
