Cootie Catchers

Remember those paper things you folded, colored, and came up with your best 'Magic 8 Ball' sayings to write inside? You ask a yes-no question, pick a color, pick three numbers, then open under the third number to read the message. They called them Cootie Catchers when I was a kid, but I don't know what they call them now... Fortunetellers maybe? I had a bored little girl on my hands, so between supper and bedtime, I taught her how to make one. And she's been having a ball, asking it questions as I fold clothes: Will mommy read me a story? (Later) Do I have to take a bath tonight? (No Way... which is true, since she prefers showers).

Here's what mine told me:

Will I get Professor Hill for Property?

I picked "Purple"... "4"..."5"..."6".

And the answer is...



"Sorry, no answer now."

Comments

Coffinberry said…
Thanks. Actually, I don't give too much worry to Prof. Hill or any other Professor... the nebulous mystery of the whole thing is much more worrisome. But overall, none of it rises much above a 2 on a 1-10 worry scale! (Raising teenagers is much higher on that scale!)
28 June, 2005 12:35
Jaded said…
at least if you get hill, when you get to the point where you are studying for the bar, you will at least have a clue what future interests are!!
29 June, 2005 13:56
shell said…
Coffinberry, when do you get your class schedule?

Mine's supposed to arrive some time in July (this month). But they haven't even gotten back to me on housing. Garrr
03 July, 2005 01:40
Coffinberry said…
Shell,
I don't have an answer for that... what I do know is that the schedules in general for CU have been posted at the website, which is enough to already have put into my PDA to visualize my day. But I don't think section assignments (which will make specific whether Legal Writing, for example, will be the morning or afternoon offering) will be announced until orientation.
03 July, 2005 19:24
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