This afternoon we were driving back to FD to pick up my pickup. I was telling Wakana about an episode of Top Gear I'd seen earlier where they finally get "The Stig" out of his helmet. For those who've never seen the show, The Stig is their "tame racing driver" who does all the timed laps for the cars they are evaluating. Since the early seasons they have never identified him. He always wears pure white race coveralls, gloves, boots, and a helmet that covers his whole head.

Anyway, I told Wakana that the man in the suit was Michael Schumacher, a Formula One race driver. I was NOT prepared for her reaction!

You see, years ago, when she was living and working in Tokyo she and a few friends would gather for an evening of entertainment and food at a restaurant owned by one of those friends. The entertainment was usually watching Formula One racing. Schumacher wiped the track with their favorite drivers. They hated him.

Wakana was very tired at the beginning of our conversation but when she heard who was in the suit she got all fired up. And she abused me for not recording the episode!

Ain't life strange...