I was sharing a bath with Hildegart Rodriguez Carballeira

She was the most intelligent girl in Spain

We will be crossing the equator in three hours

What shall we do?

The usual I will chase you and the other crew members around the boat with shaving foam and we will fight with olive oil

And after?

We will all jump into the sea naked

But what about the brandy?

It is the only alcohol we have left on board

And yes we will offer the sea a share of our brandy

Do you know what I am going to do?

Tell me

Have you ever heard of Yves Klein?

Yes

Good

Well he once sold his aesthetic sensitivity to Parisians in exchange for gold leaf

Why gold leaf?

In return they all received a certificate

But was not Klein’s sensitivity immaterial?

It was

So what happened?

He requested that the certificates be burned

So his purchasers ended up with nothing?

Will we come into this world with nothing and leave with nothing

In return Klein threw his gold leaf into the River Seine

How many purchasers were there?

Seven

Seven is a magic number or so some people say