I've been finding a lot of four-leafed clovers lately. Not unusual in itself: I'm one of those mutant people who can walk along and spot them without hardly looking.
I found one by my building at the research facility on the first day of my internship. Good omen. Outside an "Irish" bar here in town, I found three more right close to each other. I was feeling very lucky and then I found another four-leafed clover outside the building where I work. I pressed it in my log book where I'm supposed to be recording what I'm doing.
Today I found a six-leafed clover. Outside the building where I work.
I show it to one of the guys in the lab.
"No way. Really? But it looks like two regular clovers."
"I'm not tricking you. See, only one stem." I proffer the mutant clover.
He looks it over and has to agree. "But it looks like two three-leaf clovers coming out of the top of that stem."
Retrieving my clover, I go and press it in my log book too. I'm starting to wonder what's in the dirt around here. Should I bring the issue up on safety day next week?
201 words | June 17, 2004 07:01 PM | Rocket science