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Friday, January 02, 2009

 

The Mirror: The art of schmoozery

Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: Was that the two of you, talking at once?
W: There are some people in here talking relatively sotto voce.
M: You had better move up to the window, then.
W: It's still distracting.
M: One who travels heavy?
W: I don't see any suitcases near them, and I'm already right next to the window.
M: In the Hotel Radio, the fruit is placed in bowls which sit on small tables in each room.
W: So it's not one big communal room?
M: (Out)
W: Don't leave already, we just got started!
M: They made things more dramatic?
W: Does every one of our conversations have to be "dramatic," to keep you from leaving?
M: I got here through quantum mechanics.
W: So it's science that brought you here, but must it be conversational art which holds you?
M: I wish I could forget about business.
W: What is your line of work?
M: You'll feel a slight tingling on the skin, but it won't be pain.
W: That sounds like you're in the medical profession, or perhaps you're a tattoo artist?
M: A mint-chip milkshake.
W: Is that what you serve to your clients?
M: I forgot to tell you.
W: I would never have guessed something like that.
M: A table ends above in a surface upon which thoughts, written, can be elaborated.
W: Like me, you delight in stating the obvious.
M: The universe wants to grow.
W: Must we grow universes of obviousness?
M: To go backwards.
W: I've heard that when one reaches the outer limits of curved space, one doubles back.
M: Must we grow universes of obviousness?
W: I thought there was only one universe.
M: I thought we had solved it.
W: You and I?
M: Earn it.
W: I have to earn my understanding of the universe?
M: But then we might not win the case.
W: Is the case for an elliptical universe being tried in a court of law, like the Scopes monkey trial?
M: It's our only hope.
W: What will happen if we win the case?
M: I think you are quoting someone in the other room!
W: I did hear a few cries from children in the other room, but they have ceased.
M: Is that Jacob's Ladder?
W: Children do like to climb.
M: Multiple gifts.
W: Children who are gifted in both mental and physical arenas are fortunate indeed.
M: What are we looking for?
W: I just want the temperature to go up, so I can walk easily outside.
M: The beatific vision?
W: It would be Paradise indeed if the climate would cooperate.
M: By no means, therefore, less than a story.
W: There is always a story about the weather, albeit a dull one.
M: They pass in review.
W: Who'd review a book on weather?
M: What machine?
W: Right, only a machine could keep from falling asleep in a situation like that.
M: I'm encouraging it to move.
W: Do machines need "encouragement" to make their gears turn?
M: It's a word that expresses my frustration.
W: Doesn't anyone encourage you?
M: I just want the temperature to go up, so I can walk easily outside.
W: Where do you live?
M: That is a very chipper opening!
W: We have gotten well past openers, my friend.
M: Children who are gifted in both mental and physical arenas are fortunate indeed.
W: And if they are gifted in the art of schmoozery as well, they will go far.
M: One thing you/I can be sure of.
W: On that note of certainty, I will bid you a fond farewell.
M: Children who are gifted in both mental and physical arenas are fortunate indeed.
W: I have to go, don't harp on the same old thing!
M: Eglantine is sweet-briar.
W: There is none here that I know of.
M: (This angel is in the circus)
W: *Flies out* Bye!
M: Because you would be "snooty"?
W: It's not "snooty" to leave if you have to!
M: Dazed and confused.
W: Bye!
M: Closing in 1 second ... Goodbye!

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