I've Done It

Okay everybody, here's the scoop: I am in shock. So I am standing in an elevator with a couple of guys who have that look that says "yeah, we go to clubs, and we make a big deal of it. Maybe not the next day when we're hanging over with sunglasses on and eating fries and other greasy stuff, but when it's time to club, we're about clubbing and we do it and we get the job done." You know the look.

So I say to them "Hey, Mercury rising, right?"

And they act confused and barely respond, and remember, I don't even know these guys.

"Mercury rising, guys? Mercury is rising."

Nothing. No response.

So, the thing is, apparently "Mercury rising" is not a common expression everyone uses to indicate that they are going to get drinks and go clubbing. I have been saying this for, I don't know, 8 years now. No one has had a problem with it before, but I guess maybe no one ever knew what I was talking about when I said it. That is pretty upsetting. People have been thinking I am a crazy person with some kind of planetary-science-tourets for 8 years, and I had no idea. I'm going to keep saying it, but now I know to explain what it means. You live, you learn.