January 21, 2011

TRDC - Talk the Talk

This week's assignment:
Hemingway was famous for his super sparse writing. He used almost only dialogue in many of his works. Write a piece in which you use ONLY dialogue.

The Result:
"Uhhh! They're finally asleep," Mary sighed as she flopped onto the couch. "I swear Henry would have had a gallon of water if I'd let him. He kept swearing he was still thirsty. And Mags wanted to read every book she owns."
"Deep breaths, love. Deep breaths. This margarita should help too." Dan said as he joined her on the couch.
"Oh I knew there was a reason I loved you. What are we watching?"
"I don't think there's anything on, and nothing new on DVR. I guess let's check the On-Demand stuff."
"What channel does that start on?"
"I think 400 or maybe 450."
"Oh!" Mary said in surprise, "Hello adult content. Are you trying to tell me something?"
"Nooooo. But since we're here, let's just take a look."
"Well, Busty Booty Bus 2 looks like a real winner."
"We can't watch that one." Dan said quite seriously.
"Why not?"
"Because we didn't see the original Busty Booty Bus. So we won't know any of the backstory, or how the characters made the decision to ride the Busty Booty Bus. Or why the experience was so good that they felt compelled to ride it again."
"Good point," Mary said, "I mean, how could we possibly follow along. And, of course, there's the bigger issue of how involved the bus driver gets. I'm guessing he just occasionally glances in the mirror otherwise they'd never get anywhere...if you will."
"Maybe it's like a tour situation where there are pre-planned stops where the driver can get involved with the bustiness."
"Or the booty-ness depending on his preference."
"Of course. Maybe both if he's feeling frisky. But I think the the more interesting question is whether or not Busty Booty Bus is the name of the bus line, or if it's like a certain tour that Greyhound offers."
"Clearly there are too many uncertainties for us to get involved with this movie. How about we watch Shrek Forever After instead."
"Yeah, that's...that's just as good."
*Blogger is being a total jerk and completely ignoring my formatting. So please excuse the non-paragraph paragraphs.

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ROFLMAO! How did you manage to record a conversation between me and my husband??!!
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LMAO!! That's hilarious! Shrek Forever just completed it perfectly!
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I LOVE THIS. Hilarious! I want to drink margaritas and snark on the couch too. So funny and so true! Wonderful!
1 reply · active 739 weeks ago
lol , so good!
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LOL =)
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OMG! Hilarious!
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Is that inspired from a real conversation!!! because this is funny....
1 reply · active 739 weeks ago
Laughing my ass off. LOVED this. I've read several dramatic posts so far today, and it is so nice to take a funny break from those. LOVE the dialogue about the sequel to the movie. Soooo clever and funny!
1 reply · active 739 weeks ago
Oh my gosh, this was hilarious! You are SO creative!
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lol! That was a totally believable conversation! And you really can't watch the sequel without see the first one...or the second...or the third...Man I just realized I haven't seen Shrek Forever After. Note to Self.
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What rang the most true to me was that it is so much more fun to talk about the titles of 'adult' films that it is to actually watch them. I love that Mary has the energy after bedtime to be this clever, although God Bless tequila.
1 reply · active 739 weeks ago
That is great. Oh my gosh-so funny!
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LOL... nice. and ummmm, kinda freaky that shrek is "just as good." it didn't have the same effect on me as busty booty bus probably woulda had. lol.

dude, thanks for the awesome nursing comments. i'm feeling much better today about it all. and? i LOVE your question. can't wait to answer it next week!
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LOL Love it!! I can totally see my DH and I having that same conversation! So funny!
Really funny. And done very well. Kind of reminds me of the upshots of married life.

Stopping by from trdc.
HA! Totally sounds like a convo Hubs and I would have - and we'd also end up watching Shrek instead!
Seriously have you heard me critique every typical porn movie ever made. Yeah that kind of defeats its purpose for my hubby bwhahaha..
Very funny! And, as evidenced from other comments here, very true to life!
Ha! Hilarious! Busty Booty Bus, Ha! Very good dialogue too. :)
Loved this, very funny!
Love the Busty Booty Bus commentary.

Love it.
Hahahaha! Loved this conversation! Sounds just like something any husband and wife would randomly chat about!

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