Drawing 100
2007-03-27
If you wanna know, I have a great new plot against you.
OTHER NEIGHBOR:
Oh?
NEIGHBOR:
Yes. Well, I'm going to offer you a glass of lemonade, and you'll accept. But then, instead of a glass of lemonade, I'll give you a shoe filled with marbles. Here's the thing: I won't tell you it's not lemonade until after you've drunken the whole thing, the whole shoefull!
OTHER NEIGHBOR:
Wow… that might kill me.
NEIGHBOR:
It might. (Extremely long pause)
OTHER NEIGHBOR:
Henry, you know, that's a great plan.
NEIGHBOR:
I know it is.
OTHER NEIGHBOR:
A great plan.
NEIGHBOR:
I know it is.
OTHER NEIGHBOR:
But you've got to admit, that now that you've told me, I'm probably going to be more careful with the lemonade I drink in the future. Especially that that you offer me.
NEIGHBOR:
(Pause) Damn it.