January
27
Will Nicholes: “Speaking Terms”
“Uncle Bob says you’re not speaking to him anymore.”
“That’s right.”
“Why?”
“He supports Senate Bill 65537.”
“What’s that?”
“The ‘Blow Up Your House With Dynamite’ bill.”
“What’s it do?”
“It directs the police to blow up my house with dynamite.”
“Why?”
“The senator who wrote it is not right in the head.”
“So when they dynamite your house, what will they replace it with?”
“I don’t think they’re going to replace it with anything.”
“Surely they’ll replace it with something.”
“There’s nothing in Senate Bill 65537 about replacing it.”
“So why does Uncle Bob support it?”
“He says he wants to ‘shake things up.’”
“That’s rough.”
“Yeah.”
“So did you offer to ‘agree to disagree’ with him on that issue?”
“Of course not. He wants to blow up my house.”
“That’s a shame.”
“Did I tell you he also supports House Bill 32769?”
“What’s that?”
“The ‘Fatally Poison Everyone’s Dog’ bill.”
“Oh, I support that one.”
“What? You know I have a dog! You’ve petted my dog. You told him he was ‘a very good boy.’ How could you support a bill that would poison him?”
“Oh, it’s nothing personal against your dog. I like your dog. I just happen to think it’s a good bill.”
“Then I don’t think you and I can be friends anymore.”
“Geez! So crazy that people will throw away a perfectly good friendship over something as silly as politics.”
Lighting the fuse 