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"What's he doing here?"
"You know Geoffrey the Drunk, right? Of course you do, everyone does. Everyone knows Geoffrey the drunk because of the very, very odd way that he walks about town, if you could call it that, right? Because he doesn't really walk, but rather he carefully stumbles from foot to foot, falling from the treacherous imbalance of one, to the saving grace and security of the other. Everyone knows this, because everyone knows Geoffrey the Drunk. But you know what no one knows? Well, I suppose you don't, actually. Everyone knows Geoffrey the Drunk walks funny, but no one knows why, and that's really what's funny about all of it. Were you to ask Geoffrey the drunk why he walks about the streets in such a weird method, he will tell you that he doesn't like the feel of the streets. You could at this point assume he is far too intoxicated to listen to, or hang around for a few more moments, after which dear Geoffrey will go on to tell you he much rather prefers the feel of quicksand. Or water. Or air. And he would know, because Old Geoffrey the drunk has walked on all three of those. Perhaps Geoffrey the Jesus is more fitting is it not?
"What's this? The part you try to convince me you know everything about me?"
"Oh, but I do know everything about you, Anders. We have records about everything you have ever done. In fact we keep records of anything anyone alive has ever done."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"It's a very simple system, as I'm sure you will very soon realize. It works something like this; You do something, anything. As this happens, your brain performs a feat that to this day baffles the most advanced scientists in the fields of psychology and neurology; it remembers. And that's all we need for our records."
"I don't understand..."
"That can be very easily resolved, Anders. You pick anything you can remember that you would like to experience once more. And Mr. Dunn here will show you exactly how our system works...."
"You know Geoffrey the Drunk, right? Of course you do, everyone does. Everyone knows Geoffrey the drunk because of the very, very odd way that he walks about town, if you could call it that, right? Because he doesn't really walk, but rather he carefully stumbles from foot to foot, falling from the treacherous imbalance of one, to the saving grace and security of the other. Everyone knows this, because everyone knows Geoffrey the Drunk. But you know what no one knows? Well, I suppose you don't, actually. Everyone knows Geoffrey the Drunk walks funny, but no one knows why, and that's really what's funny about all of it. Were you to ask Geoffrey the drunk why he walks about the streets in such a weird method, he will tell you that he doesn't like the feel of the streets. You could at this point assume he is far too intoxicated to listen to, or hang around for a few more moments, after which dear Geoffrey will go on to tell you he much rather prefers the feel of quicksand. Or water. Or air. And he would know, because Old Geoffrey the drunk has walked on all three of those. Perhaps Geoffrey the Jesus is more fitting is it not?
"What's this? The part you try to convince me you know everything about me?"
"Oh, but I do know everything about you, Anders. We have records about everything you have ever done. In fact we keep records of anything anyone alive has ever done."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"It's a very simple system, as I'm sure you will very soon realize. It works something like this; You do something, anything. As this happens, your brain performs a feat that to this day baffles the most advanced scientists in the fields of psychology and neurology; it remembers. And that's all we need for our records."
"I don't understand..."
"That can be very easily resolved, Anders. You pick anything you can remember that you would like to experience once more. And Mr. Dunn here will show you exactly how our system works...."
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