I Make Alan Turing Proud

November 18, 2002

Lately, I’ve seen my friend Juliet logged onto her Yahoo account during the day. She only logs on at night, at home, so it was a bit odd. After asking her about this, she claims to have never logged on during the day (while at work). We’re both a bit puzzled, wondering if it’s something with Trillian on my end, or if someone’s logging in using her account.

Tonight, this happened:

juliet: Ole, Taco, K-Tel?
Portnoy: Eh?
juliet: In actual Spanish, that’s Hola, Paco, que tal?
Portnoy: Quien es?
juliet: Asi asi, y tu?
Portnoy: No puedes entenderme, no?
Portnoy: Got a question for you.
Portnoy: What’s my name?
juliet: Felix
juliet: porque?
Portnoy: last name?
juliet: Jung
Portnoy: Where do I live?
juliet: Oh, are you trying to see if it’s really me?
juliet: Chicago
juliet: Don’t you know I’m quadri-multi-lingual?
Portnoy: Hm. I asked “who is this” in Spanish, and you replied “So so, and you?”
Portnoy: Now I’m trying to see whether or not I can tell if it’s actually you.
juliet: Oh, I forgot and “quien” means “who,” not “how”
juliet: It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, Lee Abbott, Kathy Fagan, Jim Beam, porch talk, muffin pictures, I come from Grand Rapids, you come from Indiana, IT’S ME!
Portnoy: :)
Portnoy: Hi Juliet.
juliet: Whew.
juliet: That’s the last time I try to talk to you in pseudo-Spanish