Yesterday, I was filling out an online National Survey on Children's Health as part of the US Census. I had to answer basic health questions about one of my children, namely, Madeleine. I could answer most questions off the top of my head, but when it came to height and weight, I realized I knew how tall she is but not how much she weighs.
ME: Hey, Madeleine, can you go downstairs to the bathroom scale and tell me how much you weigh?
MADELEINE: Okay! (trotting downstairs and then shouting up to me) Nine hundred and two!
ME: Um...90.2?
MADELEINE: I dunno, it just said nine zero two.
And common sense told her that 902 was a realistic weight for a 10-year-old scrawny swimmer?!? Needless to say, I entered 90 on the form.
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