9.7

The steel frame of this poor car is twisted just a few degrees from true. It's not so that you'd notice when you're looking at it, but it's enough that when you corner hard enough, brake hard enough, drive hard enough, one tire will lift from the ground. It's interesting that the owner still drives it, but honestly--there's nothing else much wrong with it. It's a functional car. It has air conditioning, a radio, comfortable seats, and a frightening wobble at highway speeds. I've seen him demanding more of this poor car, and it delivers every time. You wouldn't hardly know about the frame. I guess it's just one of those things. What are you going to do?

The wooden frame of this old house is twisted just a few degrees from true. From the inside, it's almost imperceptible. You have to stand outside and use the trees around as reference, and then you can see the list. It's still a habitable home, I swear it. The issues are miniscule. In a hard, face-on wind, you can see the walls shudder. A few of the doors stick in the jambs, and of course you can't open any of the windows or you'd never get them back down. But it has a functioning kitchen, a shower, air and heat, and a propensity to fall down in strong winds. I've seen the family that lives here, and they're normal in every way; they just live in an off-kilter house. What's wrong with that?

The human frame of this child is twisted just a few degrees from true.