The Higher Pleasures

Three sophisticated intellectuals are seated around a low table in a well furnished living room. A bottle of wine sits in the middle of the table, and they all drink from glasses. Postmodernists two and three listen carefully to Postmodernist 1.

Postmodernist 1
Between society's limiting confines, utilitarianism appears attractive..considered contextually obviously. Ethical moral strictures demand conformity, deviance suggest society's...society's...f**k...

Postmodernist 2
MONOSYLLABALISM! MONOSYLLABALISM!

Postmodernist 1
Shit!

Postmodernist 3
That was only fifteen seconds I'm afraid.

Postmodernist 2
My go!

Postmodernist 3
Let me start the clock.

Postmodernist 3 brings up a small stopwatch and presses a button.

Postmodernist 3
Okay, go!

Postmodernist 2
Joyce's modernist literature appears obscure only compared alongside inferior novels. However, referential literature condemns itself, demanding comparison...sometimes...

hahahaha! Very good! It's the kind of game i play with my companions on a Saturday night

Yes, one of the many pleasures that can lead to a sore tongue.

Thankamayou

No thankamaYOU!

yes, very good.

Quote: jacparov @ November 4, 2007, 10:40 PM

yes, very good.

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Thankamayou!

Quote: EllieJP @ November 4, 2007, 10:16 PM

No thankamaYOU!

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*Is mildly confused* I'm mildly confused.

Doesn't take much does it

I love these assumptions about one another when a day earlier you weren't even sure about my gender. I just find it hard to translate irony into short text, where one cannot rely on vocal intonation........okay, that sounds huffy and wasn't meant to, I've contradicted myself somewhat.....CUPCAKES FOR ALL!