Little Snippet

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.