I used to have the number for my debit card memorized because three of the four four-digit sections ended in 3 and the other 3s were all in even-number positions (X3X3) so it made it very sing-songy to remember. Then someone ripped my card off so my bank replaced it with a craptastic, completely awful, not easy to remember number. I don't have that one memorized. Not even close.
I also know my mom's driver's license number because it's sing-songy in a similar way: when you say it it's three-syllables, three-syllables, two-syllables, three-syllables. When I would be with her grocery shopping as a kid and she'd pay for a check she'd always recite her driver's license number to the cashier since in had to be written on the check, so that's how I came to know it.
My credit card was just recently replaced and came with that chip reader in it like all the credit cards in Europe have. I was stupidly excited when I saw it, and am stupidly excited for when my new debit card comes and it has that chip in it.
I also know my mom's driver's license number because it's sing-songy in a similar way: when you say it it's three-syllables, three-syllables, two-syllables, three-syllables. When I would be with her grocery shopping as a kid and she'd pay for a check she'd always recite her driver's license number to the cashier since in had to be written on the check, so that's how I came to know it.
My credit card was just recently replaced and came with that chip reader in it like all the credit cards in Europe have. I was stupidly excited when I saw it, and am stupidly excited for when my new debit card comes and it has that chip in it.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
