Wha do you got Jon ballot box clerk

they were working a precinct poll  

confirming their tallies

Jon heldup three fingers 

Wha the hells tha

What?

With your fingers

Three.

Tha a West Coast thing 

Jon looked at his hand thumb lapped =his little finger  three fingers

                                                                          You asked. Three.

he held up his hand thumb index middle finger

                                                   Thas three

Not to me, people I know. What’s that?

    Probably a Midwest thing

 

                                            

talked with his daughter that evening as she drove home from work

                                                                                          Bluetooths a wonder

Lemme askya something

What’s that, Papa?

he knew what shed do  she was born in Minnesota  Midwest

                                                        If I asked you to hold up three fingers on one hand she was clever  Wha fingers woudya holdup

Thumb index finger middle finger. Three.

Not pin your little finger down with your thumb

No. That’s uncomfortable for my little finge . .

. . Mine too

             Ya notice people here on the West Coast do the thumb little finger thing

I have.

Ja

       Uncomfortable

One step further

What’s that?

Youre righthanded Im lefthanded  Which hand woudya use to show me three fingers

My right.

Huh

         Use my right too

Crazy convo.

Ja  Youll laugh

What’s that?

    Makes me think of Grampa

How’s that?

Him  Whenever I call he tries to get off the phone in five minutes

Yeah. You’ve said.

Hes notorious

So how does he relate to this?

Three fingers three-minute egg five-minute father

Sheeshus.

            You crack me up, Papa.

 

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