Rumela is one of the graduates in my lab. Her husband's father recently died. So today, Erin, another PhD student from our program brought her a cake. When I saw it, I got surprised and I couldn't resist to spontaneously ask her:
-Wow, you did it?
Rumela, while giving Erin her thanks, abruptly corrected me: it's 'made' not did. She smirked.
This made me remember that looks like there is something with the kernel of the Brain's Operating System that doesnt seem change over time.
Now, indulge me. Not all of you will remember of course, but back then in IPSI's 6th grade of Elementary studies, my then platonic love Laura R. got sick and when she recovered I spontaneoulsy told her:
'Estas bona'. Only catalan speakers will fully understand what it means, I know, but it turns out in Catalan 'you are healthy' and 'you are cute' have the same gramatical form. It was not surprising that Paul Rosal and his friends laughed out loud when they hear my words. I was disturbed, I didnt understand. What was going on? After a while Paul clarified me and I realized my slip of tongue. This was in 1990, 16 years later, my Kernel continues untouched.