The Doctor was doing an experiment, and Patient came into the room.
Doctor handed Patient a piece of paper.
"On that paper," said Doctor, "I have written a name. I want you to tell me what the name is."
"Your handwriting is atrocious," said Patient, looking at the paper, "I can't tell what it's supposed to be."
"Take a guess," said Doctor, gently. "This is the experiment."
Patient took a long look at the paper, trying to decipher each individual letter. The first letter was definitely an R. After that, everything was one large squiggly mess. What names start with R? Robert? No, it doesn't look like Robert because there aren't any twigs sticking up that could be the B or the T. Ricky? No. Ramona... okay, yeah, I could see that. It might be Ramona. And now the last name... Sampson? No. St... Ste... I have no idea! I just can't read this writing. I'm gonna make the best educated guess I can.
"Ramona Stetson?"
"No," Doctor said calmly. "It's Rinkley Stotzen."
Patient looked at Doctor.
Doctor smiled.
Patient beat the shit out of Doctor.
"What the fuck kind of test is this, you fuck?!"
Doctor tried to shield his head from the vigorous beating he was getting. "It's to show you what's possible! You didn't know that name existed mere moments ago! Now you know that name exists! What new things will exist in the next few moments for you that you never knew existed before?? The world has more possibilities than you can even imagine!"
Patient lifted the exam table over his head and knocked Doctor unconscious with it. It was a sturdy table. Made from, I dunno, hard wood. Or really, really hard granite.
Doctor lay on the floor.
"That's a dumb test," Patient said to Doctor's motionless body. "You're a dumb test."
And with that, Patient walked out of the room, down to the corner deli, and ate a sandwich, pissed. It was, you know, something common. Like pastrami, or something you eat when you're pissed at a deli.
And as Doctor's warm, red blood slowly oozed onto the floor, he dreamed of the brand new, exciting world of possibility that was now open to Patient because of Doctor's experiment.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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