The eighth day of the week...

Overheard yesterday afternoon at the office:

Pam: “Can you deliver this check between Thursday and Friday?”

Nora: “Between Thursday and Friday?”

Pam: “Yeah. It needs to be there by Friday.”

Nora: “So…you want me to deliver tomorrow?”

Pam: “No. You don’t have to deliver it tomorrow. Just before Friday.”

Nora: “Today is Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thursday. And the check needs to be there before Friday?”

Pam: “Yes.”

Nora: “So, you want me to deliver it tomorrow?”

Pam: “No. Not tomorrow. Between Thursday and Friday.”

Nora: “Okay, you know there isn’t an extra day between Thursday and Friday, right? It doesn’t go Thursday, Monday, Friday. There is just Thursday and then there is Friday.”

Pam: “[Exasperated] Yes, Nora.”

Nora: “So, if it needs to be there Friday, I should take it tomorrow.”

Pam: “Or in the hours between Thursday and Friday.”

Nora: “What are you talking about? There are no hours between Thursday and Friday!”

Pam: “Now, Nora…”

Nora: “…there’s not! It is Thursday, and then it is Friday. Nothing in between.”

Pam: “Just deliver it in the 24 hours between Thursday and Friday, okay?”

Nora: “…!”

Me: “[Blinking] You know there isn’t any time between Thursday and Friday, much less 24 hours. If there was, they would call it another day.”

Pam: “Just make sure she gets the check gets there before Friday.”