Oh that was so cute. And funny. I understand everyone's reaction too, my two best friends are both Accountants and I (the English major) just don't get it.
Was wonder though if you realized that you sorta did a double answer to the prompt. If you look at the fact that Buffy thought silence was golden, and the potential (whatever her name maybe) broke/stole the silence. . . hmmm seems sorta interesting to me, but that may be the cold medication talking.