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>She didn't know that numbers don't have "assigned colors" to them.

For some people (most of them, I imagine, not schizophrenics) they do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

>Our meeting was the fluke of the century. I happened to be scrounging around on Craigslist one day looking for a furniture item. Sally happened to be on Craigslist looking for pet supplies.

Read: one person was posting to a personals section, the other browsing. Not much of a fluke.

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As a small child, I used to have a strong association between numbers/letters and colors, though that has faded to the point where I barely remember them. The fact that 2 is yellow is strongest in my mind.

For the record, I do not suffer from schizophrenia.

No no no, 3 is yellow, didn't you get the memo? This is what it was for me when I was about 7 (no mental illness):

1- Red - Sharpness 2- Blue - Blunt/powerful 3- Yellow - Soft 4- Green 6- Orange 7- Purple 9- Black 11-19- Shiny/Metallic colours

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