Tuesday, September 10, 2002
A conversation I had with Paul today:
P: "Hi Joe. Did you get the present I sent in the mail?"
J: "Hi Paul. I have no idea what you are talking about."
P: "I sent you a present in the mail last week. Did you get it?"
J: "Oh. You mean the packet of fliers you sent to me from your office?"
P: "Yeah. What did you think???"
J: "Well, I read it and then I threw it away."
P: "YOU DID WHAT???"
J: "I read it and then I threw it away."
P: "WHY? Why would you do something like that? I made that packet."
J: "You didn't make it Paul. You stuffed the envelope. I read the information and then since none of it really applied to me, I threw it in the garbage."
P: "That is so shitty Joe. I save everything you send me. Cards, letters, presents. I keep them all in a designated 'Joe' folder."
-----NOTE-----
Upon each visit to Paul I have seen letters and cards that I have mailed him shoved behind televisions, under bed mattresses, inside of shoes, etc. So don't lie to me Paul about being SO CAREFUL with the little love letters I send you.
-----END NOTE-----
J: "Paul. Why would I save this packet of random information? It's not like you even included a post-it note with the word 'hi' on it. I have enough trash, so I figured get rid of it before it starts cluttering up my life."
P: "OMIGOD! OMIGOD! LD:SJKHF:SLDKH S":DLK H:SDLHJK"
J: "Okay. Calm down. I just didn't see why it was important for me to hold onto it."
P: "BECAUSE I SENT IT TO YOU...GARBLE GARBLE SCARY JUMBLINGS OF GARBLE"
J: "Alright look...calm down. I am sorry I threw the fliers from the insurance company you work at in the garbage."
P: "INSURANCE COMPANY?!?!?! Do you have any idea what I do with my life? Do you even know where I work? Do you do you do you do you do you do you..."
J: "ARGH! OK! I AM SORRY! I don't understand why it means so much to you, but obviously it does..."
P: "Of course it does. I sent you that packet out of love and because I was thinking of you."
J: "WHAT? (hysterical laughter) You sent me that packet filled with 3 ridiculous fliers out of love for me??? HAHAHAHAHA"
P: "Fine. Fine. Be a dick. I just wish you were more supportive."
J: "Oh shit I'm sorry. I didn't realize that that packet was supposed to be my birthday card from last month."
P: "I gave you a birthday card!"
J: "Yeah...a month and a half later and it had five lines written in it."
P: "That's not the point. The point is that you threw away the important packet from my company."
J: "Oh God. I have to go."
P: "Fine. Bye."
J: "Bye Paul."
P: "I love you."
J: "I love the packet you sent me."
P: "ARGH! DF:LKHJSDG:LIYUDS:GFLHJKSD:HK!!!!!"
J: "Okay, call me later. Love you too and bye!"
----click----
Just thought that you would all appreciate that little story of my ridiculous, yet beautiful relationship with Paul.
P: "Hi Joe. Did you get the present I sent in the mail?"
J: "Hi Paul. I have no idea what you are talking about."
P: "I sent you a present in the mail last week. Did you get it?"
J: "Oh. You mean the packet of fliers you sent to me from your office?"
P: "Yeah. What did you think???"
J: "Well, I read it and then I threw it away."
P: "YOU DID WHAT???"
J: "I read it and then I threw it away."
P: "WHY? Why would you do something like that? I made that packet."
J: "You didn't make it Paul. You stuffed the envelope. I read the information and then since none of it really applied to me, I threw it in the garbage."
P: "That is so shitty Joe. I save everything you send me. Cards, letters, presents. I keep them all in a designated 'Joe' folder."
-----NOTE-----
Upon each visit to Paul I have seen letters and cards that I have mailed him shoved behind televisions, under bed mattresses, inside of shoes, etc. So don't lie to me Paul about being SO CAREFUL with the little love letters I send you.
-----END NOTE-----
J: "Paul. Why would I save this packet of random information? It's not like you even included a post-it note with the word 'hi' on it. I have enough trash, so I figured get rid of it before it starts cluttering up my life."
P: "OMIGOD! OMIGOD! LD:SJKHF:SLDKH S":DLK H:SDLHJK"
J: "Okay. Calm down. I just didn't see why it was important for me to hold onto it."
P: "BECAUSE I SENT IT TO YOU...GARBLE GARBLE SCARY JUMBLINGS OF GARBLE"
J: "Alright look...calm down. I am sorry I threw the fliers from the insurance company you work at in the garbage."
P: "INSURANCE COMPANY?!?!?! Do you have any idea what I do with my life? Do you even know where I work? Do you do you do you do you do you do you..."
J: "ARGH! OK! I AM SORRY! I don't understand why it means so much to you, but obviously it does..."
P: "Of course it does. I sent you that packet out of love and because I was thinking of you."
J: "WHAT? (hysterical laughter) You sent me that packet filled with 3 ridiculous fliers out of love for me??? HAHAHAHAHA"
P: "Fine. Fine. Be a dick. I just wish you were more supportive."
J: "Oh shit I'm sorry. I didn't realize that that packet was supposed to be my birthday card from last month."
P: "I gave you a birthday card!"
J: "Yeah...a month and a half later and it had five lines written in it."
P: "That's not the point. The point is that you threw away the important packet from my company."
J: "Oh God. I have to go."
P: "Fine. Bye."
J: "Bye Paul."
P: "I love you."
J: "I love the packet you sent me."
P: "ARGH! DF:LKHJSDG:LIYUDS:GFLHJKSD:HK!!!!!"
J: "Okay, call me later. Love you too and bye!"
----click----
Just thought that you would all appreciate that little story of my ridiculous, yet beautiful relationship with Paul.
