Good night, Georgia, wherever you are

This is the story of Georgia

On the afternoon of July 29 I got this SMS on my work Blackberry:

6.30 It's georgia xx

That was strange for two reasons. First, it looked like a reply to a message rather than a message one would send initially. Second, it was sent to my work phone. I don't remember the number of my work phone to give it out to anyone. If I did remember the number, I still wouldn't give it out because it is a work phone. As it happened I was at a karaoke competition with Pip (supporting, not singing) the night before, and as a precaution I double-checked with her in case I had forgotten that I had met a Georgia. We had not. Figuring this was a wrong number I sent the following reply:

I am not the droid you are looking for

There was no response to that so I figured Georgia got the hint. Then I received this message three days later:

Who is this? What is a droid?

When the laughter subsided, I thought about the message. If she did not know who I was, why send back a response, and why wait three days to do it? And it was obvious from the second question she had not seen Star Wars: A New Hope. I debated whether or not to send anything back at all. In the end I decided to answer her questions with this SMS:

I am Walter[1]. I don't know a Georgia. I think you have a wrong number. Sorry about the droid message - it was a line from a Star Wars movie

She must have thought about this for a few minutes before sending her next (and last) SMS.

Walter who? What's your last name? And I haven't seen star wars

I'm sorry Georgia, but if you didn't know me I am certainly not about to tell you my last name. That goes double for someone who has not seen Star Wars AND ADMITS IT. After I did not respond to this I was expecting a phone call I didn't want to answer. Hopefully Georgia got the hint and won't SMS me again. And maybe, just maybe, she'll watch Star Wars.

Thank-you for reading.

[1] Not my real name. Or is it?