This blog post is a writing exercise from writers.stackexchange.com. Visit the Writers chat room every Tuesday for new writing exercises. This week's exercise: to write a dialog (only dialog!) between two people that includes within it pants and tacos.
"Damn it, why isn't this thing working?"
"Did you try speaking more slowly?"
"Yes, and I even tried retraining it. It just doesn't understand me."
"Here, let me try. 'I WOULD LIKE A TACO.'"
"See? Nothing. The damn thing is busted."
"Je veux un taco. Wo yao yige taco."
"I'm telling you, it's broken."
"Just give it a good whack."
"How many times do I have to remind you that a replicator is not something you whack? Forget it. I'm going to go out to eat."
"Wait! You're not wearing any pants."
"Damn it! I de-materialized them because they were dirty and I wanted to make a clean pair... only now the replicator is busted ... crap, what will I wear?"
"I have a spare pair on, you can have them."
"You're wearing two pairs of pants?"
"Yeah. For emergencies."
"You wouldn't happen to have a spare taco, would you?"
"Sorry, no."
No comments:
Post a Comment