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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Chain mail

Math class yesterday:
"Do you believe in magic? In a young girl's heart?
or
Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart?"
wrote my friend.
"It sounds like the opening sentence to a sweet chainmail,"
said I.
He laughed.
"Scroll down,"
he wrote.
"It's funny how stupid these people are,"
I told him. "My dorm dad with that chainmail about the Muslim girl getting beaten by her parents--someone in the world must think he's really funny."
"I think I'll write a chain letter with 99 true facts and one ridiculous, outrageous fact that nobody will ever have heard of before."
I laughed.
"No. Nu-uh. What I want to do, I want to write a letter about some poor Christian boy getting ritually tortured by Satanists. I'll send it to my dorm dad."
"No. Don't do that. You'll feel super guilty when he reads it aloud to the dorm..."
"I guess so... Darnit..."
"My God, you know what I just realized? It's people like us. We're making fun of all the people who actually believe this crap, but it starts with people like us!"
Me and my friend--kings of the universe!

1 comment:

  1. "Do you believe in magic, in a young girl's heart?" ~that's from an Aly & AJ song!

    This was so funny to read... for some reason :D

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