Becoming your Default Hyperbole Number

It is my personal theory that everyone has one.

“Ican’t pick you up right now, bud.I’malready carrying37 billion things.”

“The doctor’s went fine apart from the fact that I had to sit in the waiting room for 37 hours before they saw me.”

“Those socks are 37 years old. You could definitely spring for new ones without holes.”

I call it your Default Hyperbole Number and it’s your go to number when you want to exaggerate for emphasis. You may not even be aware you’ve got one, and I wasn’t as...