Time to ponder the beauty of the number, its rounded hump, the way the zero looks tucked between the 2s. There is an elegance there, a hopefulness, too.
Long ago there was an advertisement for a car rental company, Avis, I believe, which said, in effect, "We're number two. We try harder."
Let's hope this year's 2s try harder, too.
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