Two characters in search of a plot
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pjthompson"I can't believe you said that. You know you're only engaging in plotting by stupidity or we would have cleared up this misunderstanding five years ago!"
"As you know, Bob, I have habitually engaged in plotting by stupidity for years. In fact, we engaged in it every chance we got back in the old days just before we launched into our campaign of melodrama. As I'm sure you remember."
"Yes, of course I remember, you idiot, I was there!"
"But there's always a chance you've contracted selective Alzheimer's and blotted out those years. Besides, if I'd made even a half-assed attempt to clear up this misunderstanding, I wouldn't have had any plot left at all."
"You're industrious. You could have thought up something else."
"I'm tired. To quote a friend of mine, 'This writing thing is hard.'"
"What do you mean, 'this writing thing'?"
"We're characters in a novel, Bob. As you know."
"I'm sure there's been some misunderstanding."
"As you know, Bob, I have habitually engaged in plotting by stupidity for years. In fact, we engaged in it every chance we got back in the old days just before we launched into our campaign of melodrama. As I'm sure you remember."
"Yes, of course I remember, you idiot, I was there!"
"But there's always a chance you've contracted selective Alzheimer's and blotted out those years. Besides, if I'd made even a half-assed attempt to clear up this misunderstanding, I wouldn't have had any plot left at all."
"You're industrious. You could have thought up something else."
"I'm tired. To quote a friend of mine, 'This writing thing is hard.'"
"What do you mean, 'this writing thing'?"
"We're characters in a novel, Bob. As you know."
"I'm sure there's been some misunderstanding."
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