| DirectionsBeing an only mildly-sketchy-looking resident of a neighborhood with a very high density of visitors, I am often asked for directions. Most of these are fairly typical:
"How do I get to a train station from here?"
"Where's Ground Zero?"
"Which way to the immigration building?"
"Are there any restaurants open at this hour?
It's usually pretty typical stuff. An occasional curveball gets thrown my way, such as when two Fleet Week sailors asked me how to get to the Statue of Liberty from Tribeca. Tonight, however, featured the strangest requests yet. As I was walking home, through Tribeca and to the Financial District, two guys in an SUV grab my attention:
"Can I help you?"
"How do we get to Manhattan from here."
"What?"
"Manhattan; how do we get to Manhattan?"
"Did you say Manhattan?"
"Yeah, Manhattan."
"You're already in Manhattan."
"Oh. Do you know where we can find a hotel?"
"Um, there's one on Chambers Street if you make a left, and that skinny building you just passed is one too."
"About how much do you think it would cost to stay a night?"
"I don't know; I've never had to stay at a hotel in Manhattan."
"Okay. By the way, how late do the clubs here stay open?"
"They... err... I don't know."
So, if I understand their situation correctly: two guys drive into Manhattan with no real directions, in order to party as late as possible at a club they haven't found yet, and then plan to find cheap space at a yet-unknown hotel in a residential neighborhood at an ungodly hour.
Best of luck to these brave sojourners on having a Big Apple adventure tonight!
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| A simpler queryDoes your bellybutton lint smell?
(Apparently, several individuals, who shall remain unnamed, report having smelly bellybutton lint. I don't believe them)
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| A queryDo you recall sounds in stereo?
Specifically, when you recall a piece of recorded music that you've listened to often, can you identify where various musical elements fall in the left-right stereo field?
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