Hello Leah Peah,
I don’t get your new headline picture. I liked the other ones that I have seen. I liked the one with the trees. And the one with the hands. But this one? It looks like a calculator. What happened to telling everyone you are Leah the Peah?
A faithful Readher,
Shane
Dear Shane,
Well, I can see why you would be confused. It does look like a calculator. But, can I tell you what it really is? It’s a calculator. I KNOW! Can you believe it?
If you are a geek, and I’m guessing by the way you said ‘calculator’ that you aren’t one (because all of us geeks LOOOOOOOOVE to say calculator and pronounce it Cal-Cue-Lay-T-Her) you would have recognized that Leahpeah was spelled on the display, but upside down. My friends and I in 7th grade Lov-Huv-Huvved to spell words to each other during math on our calculators. Words like 7734 and 5318008 and 0.8537. (not that there’s anything wrong with that). You’re right, there’s not really a number to represent the letter P but I improvised with the number 5, since back in the day, we didn’t have the possibility of just adding in a P on a whim. Not like they do today with their leetspeak. We did it Old School, baby! And the dirtier the words, the better. But, although I appreciate the vote of confidence that goes along with a new title, I can’t say I’m comfortable with a ‘the’ in the middle of my name. And really, what is a the Peah, anyway?
Thanks for reading. Thanks for caring.
xo
I remember a joke where we asked a bunch of questions and then spelled the answers on the calculator, pressing the add button after each word. When you got to the end, the final sum was 71077345, which was supposed to be the punchline to the joke. But I forgot what the joke was. I do remember thinking that it wasn’t funny.
If the answer had been 5318008 … now that would have made me hyperventilate with glee.
I already was pretty sure that I am a geek, but now it’s confirmed by my glee in remembering calculatorese.
TOTALLY LOVE IT AND TOTALLY GET IT! I remember the joke too—and it’s funnier to remember than the actual joke!
317537
OH, I’m totally not getting it. I can read Leahpeah on the calculator– now that she explained it.. but all those other numbers, are, well, NUMBERS! It makes my brain hurt!!
jenn – pretend that you are 12 years old and you want to write boobies on your calculator. go ahead – go get your calculator – i’ll wait.
When I first saw it, I thought, “Oh look at that string of numbers. She must be doing some kind of magic or having an OCD week”. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT SPELLING SUCH FABULOUS WORDS AS “BOOBS” ON CALCULATORS IN GRADE FOUR!
I liked your head, by the way, even before I got it for the right reason.
I meant to say “I liked your HEADER”, although I’m sure your head is at least as lovely, if not more.
Schmutzie, yes indeed, she’s got a lovely head.
I saw your new masthead the other day and figured there must be a word on the calculator, but I could’t figure it out. I’m glad you explained it. Also, did you ever do the trick with the calculator that involved asking a series of questions about Dolly Parton and typing in numbers and the last thing to show up on the calculator is the word “boobless?” I can’t remember how it goes, but we got our kicks that way when I was a kid.
P.S. I should have read Barrett’s comment first. I think we’re talking about the same joke.
OK, I can spell “boobies” on the calculator, upside down: 5318008
so is 71077345 “Shell oil?” Now I am most curious about the joke.
Still, I guess I like words better than numbers 🙂
I am late indeed, but this one stuck
There was one girl (1) who was sixteen (16) and she did the sixty nine (69) with three (3) guys. What does that make her?
11669*3=
35007
Get it??
RDRR
I read your biography. OMG. I turned to you as a result of reading the pipecleaners entry on dooce. Ever since, I’ve looked on both of your blogs daily.
But seriously, I never really realised how much you had gone through until I read the biography. JeSUS. I always wondered what happened between you and your first fella. just a curious thing I wanted to know about (I don’t know why, it’s the nosey aunt inside me).
Since reading your biography I have realised a few things and would like to say a few things. Ahem
1) You are one year older than my oldest bro! I thought you were like 40. Not in a bad way. Just in a motherly sort of way. That’s not a bad thing. I mean, You know, not that it’s important, it’s just that I was surprised with how young you were and how much you had been through. I’ll shut up now.
2) Holy crap. All those things happened to you? I hope you are now well and happy and a big hug goes to you. sometimes I have random thoughts and think I’m lots of different people. I don’t think I have multiple personalities, it’s just sometimes I wish I was like a certain type of person i.e. more confident, pretty, a good dancer, mysterious…and I go to sleep thinking of how great it would be if I was a character off a movie. anyway, going off the subject. I am in awe of how you are coping despite the unfortunate events in your life that made you unhappy. You have a beautiful family by the sounds of things. and you, are very much like a character in a movie. An ass-kicking-indie-movie-that-has-a-cult-following-that-is-forever-remembered-and loved-and-gets-shown-every-christmas-as-a-feel-good-movie.
3) er, don’t have 3)
do I send it in here?….oh well, I’ll see where it turns up. Oh, I could make it relevant to this letter thread thingy (soooo computer illiterate).
The story of the % boob reduction and enlargement (type into your calculator) that eventually leaves the woman (turn the calculator round) BOOBLESS! (55378008)
haHA