I HAD TO EDIT. Like every household, we have our own habits of talking. Neither of us are fans of or good at general chit-chat. Bores the hell out of us. (Which makes us really really bad at your average cocktail party.) A., though, is exceptionally good at puns, so he can hang. Me, I just have to hang on and hope I survive.
We were attempting to relax the other night and A. mentioned that he'd learned that anyone who's a quarter Chumash starts getting $30,000 a month - a MONTH - from the federal government at the age of eighteen.** NOT FROM THE GOVT. From the tribe. From gaming. Sigh. I guess I wasn't listening too closely. :) (Chumash being the original Indian tribe that owned the Southern-Central Coast of California). Once you get past the shocking number and consider ... well, it's probably a reasonable figure considering what was robbed and what resources the Chumash were deprived of over time.
I was tired, though, and thought that, if things were fair, that it would be nice if that $30,000 was spread among a few more of the Indian nations.
Andy said: How?
I started, "Well -"
He laughed and because he kind of likes me, just said: Okay. Stop.
Of course, in the three days since, he's told everyone - not just for the pun, but for the part when I went merrily on my way. lol.
