Tuesday, December 2, 2008

God? Juliet? Subjunctive? Confused?

Confused?

If you aren't confused by the end of this blog entry, then I am impressed. What I am about to write is a brief summary of a highly confusing conversation that I had today at what would have been a DSI Tuesday, had enough people shown up (cough). It started when Sachi, Rebecca, and I recalled that a few months ago we had decided that on the first day of a month, before talking to someone you would have to say that person's name and then that person would say yours. For example (assuming that I am Person A and you are Person B)

I: Person B
You: Person A
I: This is quite a confusing way to talk, isn't it?

Since we forgot to do it yesterday, we decided to do it today. But eventually things got out of hand. Sachi said a tautology (I don't remember what she actually said) and then said that she was playing my role (for some reason, I often accidentally talk in tautologies). So then, if she was Philip, who was I? Apparently, I was God, for that is what people started calling me (again, I don't remember quite how it happened). We discussed the fact that the name "Sachi" must have been anihilated when suddenly, lo and behold, Rebecca ended up renamed Sachi. The conversation went this way until someone, commenting on the rapidly changing names, said, "Rebecca."
"Philip"
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." And suddenly, someone was named Juliet. Whoever it was, it eventually switched to someone else. Then a Sorry got into the mix somewhere, and a Not Sorry, and I became Confused. Or was I Subjunctive at that time? But we ended up so confused that we decided to revert to the more fun part when Sachi was Philip and I was God. "Philip."
"God."
"That was the Golden Age."
"God."
"Philip."
"You stole the phrase right out of my mind."
"God."
"Sachi."
"Am I named Rebecca or Sachi in the Golden Age?"
"Sachi."
"God."
"It depends on whether we are talking about the Early Golden Age or the High Golden Age."
"God."
"Philip."
"Again, you stole the phrase out of my mind."
"Philip."
"God."
"As they say, great minds think alike."

-Philip

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