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Orange | Nov 02 2002

Her: This museli is good.
Him: I don’t like it.
Her: It’s orangy tasting.
Him: That’s what I don’t like about it.

Pause.

Her: It’s good.

Pause.

Him: Hold on a second. You said, “This museli’s good.” Then I said, “I don’t like it.” Then you said, “It’s orangy tasting.” Then I said, “That’s what I don’t like about it.” Then after a pause you said, “It’s good.” Is that right?
Her: Yes.

Pause.

Her: I wonder what it is.
Him: What what is?
Her: The orange taste.
Him: Wait a second.

He leaves. Returns with a laptop computer. Sits with the computer in his lap.

Her: You’ve been reading too much Beckett.
Him: Sweetheart, I need your support.

He types.

Her (pointing): Look, a new cat.

Pause.

Her: I don’t like cats like that.
Him: What did you say after I said that that’s what I don’t like about it?
Her: “It’s good.”

Pause.

Her: You’re never going to catch up.

Pause.

Him: Do you want to hear it?
Her: Sure.

He stands holding the computer and reads the above through “You’re never going to catch up.”

Him: “Pause. Her: It looks like the cross between a cat and a rat.”
Her: Who says that?
Him: You do.