Okay, so I'm grabbing something to eat and see one of those little 50-cent vending machines with a bunch of stickers on display. One side had a bunch of stickers with animals and little slogans ("I'm so cute!"). Yeah. The other side, though, has been bugging me. It had stickers with sayings like "Sorry if I look interested, I'm not!" and my personal favorite, "SUNDAY = SPORTS".
One sticker, though, has me perplexed. It said something like "A headache that lasts more than 17 months is not normal. See a doctor." What does that mean? What lasts 17 months? Is it referring to a difficult marriage, and they just picked 17 months as an arbitrary date? Is there some sort of disease that gives someone a 17 month long headache? A Google search for "17 months" returns a news article about Oracle's ongoing attempt to buy PeopleSoft, but that's probably not what they're referring to.
Am I missing something? Am I just completely in the dark about an aspect of American life that lasts 17 months and causes people headaches? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
One sticker, though, has me perplexed. It said something like "A headache that lasts more than 17 months is not normal. See a doctor." What does that mean? What lasts 17 months? Is it referring to a difficult marriage, and they just picked 17 months as an arbitrary date? Is there some sort of disease that gives someone a 17 month long headache? A Google search for "17 months" returns a news article about Oracle's ongoing attempt to buy PeopleSoft, but that's probably not what they're referring to.
Am I missing something? Am I just completely in the dark about an aspect of American life that lasts 17 months and causes people headaches? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
