Date Written: 06 May 2024
Have you ever heard of a mil?
A mill?
No a mil.
I don’t understand.
What don’t you understand? I am talking about mils.
Yes, mills I understand.
No, mils you don’t understand.
Yes I do.
No you don’t.
Ask me what a mill is then!
HAH, o k – What is a mil?
It’s a place that grinds grain.
That’s a mill not a mil.
I don’t understand how that is not a mill.
HAH – I am talking mils, thousands of an inch.
What.
Mils. A mil is a thousand of an inch.
That is not what a mill is.
Correct. But it is what a M-I-L is.
You forgot an L there.
……
Why are you staring at me like that?
You know why.
No, I don’t know why. You spelt mill wrong.
No I – ….hahhh….are you aware there are two kinds of “mills”?
There are?
……Yes there are. There’s the “mill” you know and the “mil” I am telling you about.
Oh. So there’s a M-I-L-L and a M-I-L?
YES.
…..
…..?
What’s the difference?
…..
You’re staring at me again.
….Hahhh – Repeat after me.
Okay?
A M-I-L…
A M-I-L…..L?
No, a M-I-L…
A M-I-L…
Is a thousand of an inch.
Is a thousand of an inch.
A mil is a thousand of an inch.
A mil is a thousand of an inch.
Yes! Now what is a mil?
A thousand of an inch of a place that grinds grain!
….You’re impossible.
And you’re possible.
…..Good night.
But it’s only lunch tim-oh bye!