(Josie
Sayz: I really wanted to write a story out of this little speech that popped
into my head, but I didn’t want to spoil the humour in it, so for now, I shall
leave it as it is, until I feel comfortable with the possible descriptions,
actions and further content.)
Ignorance and
Arrogance
Two
friends, Caitlin and Emily, are at Emily’s house after school. Emily is showing
Caitlin her art project that she made from polystyrene balls.
Location: Emily’s living room.
Time: Late afternoon, around 4pm.
Caitlin: How much were your polystyrene balls an’ where’d you get them from?
Emily: They’re a pound each from ‘Craft Stores Я Us’, why?
Caitlin: I need some for a space project. I need eight t’ make the solar system – actually better make that nine, I need one for the sun too.
Emily: Nine? Don’t you mean ten?
Caitlin: Ten, what would I need ten for? (Counts on her fingers) The sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Nine. (Caitlin holds her hands up to Emily).
Emily: What about Pluto?
Caitlin: (Laughs) Pluto isn’t a planet.
Emily: What? Of course it is.
Caitlin: No it’s not. Pluto hasn’t been classified as a planet in nearly ten years.
Emily: Well I don’t believe it.
Caitlin: What, you don’t believe ‘NASA’?
Emily: No. Pluto is a planet.
Caitlin: Yeah an’ I bet you’d still believe the Earth was flat if they discovered it was round just yesterday and I bet you’d still think that the sun rotated around the Earth, instead of the other way round, if ‘NASA’ discovered that last month too. You’re just one of those annoying people that won’t accept that the facts have changed.
Emily: Am not.
Caitlin: I bet you still believe in adverbs too.
Emily: But adverbs are real.
Caitlin: Yeah, real stupid.
Emily: No they’re not; you use ‘em in writing all the time.
Caitlin: Yeah, if you want to sound like a ten year old. (Laughs) They’re just something that people make you believe in when you’re a little kid, like the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and erm… er…
Emily: Santa?
Caitlin: (Serious) No, Santa Clause is real.
Location: Emily’s living room.
Time: Late afternoon, around 4pm.
Caitlin: How much were your polystyrene balls an’ where’d you get them from?
Emily: They’re a pound each from ‘Craft Stores Я Us’, why?
Caitlin: I need some for a space project. I need eight t’ make the solar system – actually better make that nine, I need one for the sun too.
Emily: Nine? Don’t you mean ten?
Caitlin: Ten, what would I need ten for? (Counts on her fingers) The sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Nine. (Caitlin holds her hands up to Emily).
Emily: What about Pluto?
Caitlin: (Laughs) Pluto isn’t a planet.
Emily: What? Of course it is.
Caitlin: No it’s not. Pluto hasn’t been classified as a planet in nearly ten years.
Emily: Well I don’t believe it.
Caitlin: What, you don’t believe ‘NASA’?
Emily: No. Pluto is a planet.
Caitlin: Yeah an’ I bet you’d still believe the Earth was flat if they discovered it was round just yesterday and I bet you’d still think that the sun rotated around the Earth, instead of the other way round, if ‘NASA’ discovered that last month too. You’re just one of those annoying people that won’t accept that the facts have changed.
Emily: Am not.
Caitlin: I bet you still believe in adverbs too.
Emily: But adverbs are real.
Caitlin: Yeah, real stupid.
Emily: No they’re not; you use ‘em in writing all the time.
Caitlin: Yeah, if you want to sound like a ten year old. (Laughs) They’re just something that people make you believe in when you’re a little kid, like the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and erm… er…
Emily: Santa?
Caitlin: (Serious) No, Santa Clause is real.
- Josie -
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