High School Reunion Math: 1979 + 25 = 2004 (Gulp!)

[Cindy C.]

It's almost that time again -- another high school reunion!  Yippee!

Beg your pardon?

Come *on!*  High school reunions are a blast for *everyone,* right?  <veg>

Seriously, I've started screwing up my nerve to go to my next reunion,
head held high.  I went to my 5th year reunion (not much fun, really
-- most of us had just finished college or were still there).  And I
went to my 20th reunion and spent most of the time talking to one old
pal who now flies for Northwest Airlines.  It was a kick, on the whole.

But the 20th reunion had its surprises.  Like:

First, I learned that "Bucky," one of my nerdy buddies, had tried to
ask me out to the prom.  I was so *thick* and *clueless* that I didn't
know he was trying to ask me out.  He never got an answer and took
someone else.  <wince>

Second, I had one of the *weirdest* conversations with someone that
I've ever had, I think.  Someone walked up to me and the following
occurred (with much paraphrasing):

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"Are you Cindy C.?"

"Yeah.  Who the sam hill are you?"

"I'm Kim.  Listen, you were the senior high school treasurer for our
class, weren't you?"

<puzzled look> 

"Yeah."

<pause>

"Well, where is it, Cindy?"

"Where's *what?*"

"The *MONEY!*  The $500 we raised in the car washes and bake sales and
everything!  It was in the class savings account, and now it's
*gone*!!!  We were going to buy a new scoreboard with that money!"

"Uh . . . I dunno.  I threw my graduation cap in the air, and that's
the last thing I remember . . . uh, Kim.  Your name is Kim, right?"

"Well, where's the bank book then?"

"Uh . . . I have no idea.  It's been 20 years."

"Well, Jack and Brian from the football team wound up with new golf
clubs, and they must have got that money from somewhere.  I think they
*stole* the $500!"

"Uh . . . OK.  Maybe you should ask them about it directly?"

"Brian's *DEAD!*"

"Um . . . sorry to hear that.  Could you ask Jack, then?"

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I then went off to freshen my drink.

I wonder if Kim will be there this time.  With a polygraph machine!  ;-)

Cindy -- who was a high school band geek who didn't know she was a geek