Q&complAints #643 : Guess What?

Guess what?

Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! I guess I’ll just have to guess at what you would have said.
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. . .here are my thoughts.

Guess what?

Thirteen!  Someday “13” will be the correct answer when this question is posed to me.  Hasn’t been yet, though.  Still, I continue to immediately respond “13” each time I’m asked this question.  Honestly, there’s little chance it will ever manifest as the correct guess.  I mean, why would someone ask, “Guess what?” only to follow with something silly: 

  • “My favorite prime number is 13.”   
  • “My wife and I just celebrated our 13th anniversary.” 
  • “Eight plus five is thirteen.” 

The real question might just be why I chose such an abstract response as “13.”  I would’ve been much better served to counter with one of these: 

  • “Someone you knew from high school recently died—and you’ll never admit it, but you secretly wish they would have kicked it when they were, like, 13.” 
  • “Your cousin—the one that asks you to join her for Mass every time she sees you—is pregnant for the 13th time.” 
  • “Trump signed 13 more executive orders that are definitely unconstitutional.” 

Then again, a simple guess of “13” is more universal than any of the above.  Not everyone has macabre thoughts or religious relatives.  And I assume we’ll have a new POTUS in 2029.


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