Friday, October 13, 2006

demystifying the code


this is inspired by mel who smsed me after my phone call and said that her mom was discreetly listening in on our convo. i suggested that we develop a code following which she replied with one.


then it struck me that i'd been doing this since i was in primary 6 and has continued 8 years on, for different reasons. back then i didn't have much privacy until i got my own phone line in my room for awhile. now, well, sometimes it's just inconvenient. anyway, back to primary 6, this was the rule of thumb with my best friend:


boys shall be referred to as girls. "he" will become "she". they shall be given female names. to signal to your friend that you are talking about a boy, you must emphasise the "she" so your friend will know you are not talking about a real girl. their female names shall start with the same letter of their male name, and you must also emphasise the first letter of the female name so your friend will know which guy you are referring to.


then i met mel in jc and this tradition continued. we managed to develop an elaborate system for naming and talking about guys without revealing their identities and letting others know we were talking about them.


now, we've got the "he/"she" thing going again. and, clubs shall be referred to as libraries. so it shall go like this, or something to this extent: yesterday there were a whole bunch of girls (boys) at the library(club) chionging (clubbing) for their exams (irrelevant).


oh yeah and of course, the code shall not be privy to others who are not a part of the inner circle. basically, this is like playing taboo, and it makes me laugh damn hard when i think about it.

rachel at 7:54 AM

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at 5:50 AM Blogger mc said...

very lollable!
then certain mothers will be wondering over why we 're hyperventilating over certain Girls we saw in the Library who were Chionging for their exams.

and then, "so.. you got that girl's bio book right? you going to study with her?"

but great! we got parallel abstract thoughts.

 
at 5:54 AM Blogger mc said...

(post note:)
actually. it may be better than..
saying, "darn, did you see that hot ass on that Horse."
and less insane than: "an Ant just walked by me (gasp)"

meanwhile. duckhunts. *load rifle

 
at 7:06 AM Blogger rachel said...

muahaha don't use rifle, use my lasso! *whee*

 

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