Small-time interactions

Scenario: Subject A and subject B are wearing t-shirts, the Goodbye t-shirt combo, to be precise. For some reason outside the scope of this weblog, subject A has to leave, leave for good, you know.
Okay, subject A and subject B are acquaintances of some kind, so, as humans often do, they decide to give each other a sappy, dramatic goodbye hug. Subject A gets on the steam train, or some other romantic-sounding means of transportation, leaving subject B lonely and real sad.
All of a sudden, subject B notices that the glowing image on subject A’s t-shirt appears to be glowing on his boring t-shirt now! (they both have been drinking, it’s late at night and it’s dark, mind you.) What could this possibly mean? Can it be a good omen? subject B wonders, while the copied image on his chest slowly fades until it becomes just a memory. Somehow, subject B’s sadness increases tenfold.
Well, it’s obvious that right from the start subject B knew what the Goodbye t-shirt combo does, so he can’t possibly be surprised, can he? Apparently, the t-shirts act as sadness amplifiers of some kind. Maybe subject B is into that sort of thing, we don’t know.
What about subject A? She is staring at her stupid battery-powered glowing t-shirt as the steam boat she’s in cruises along the river. Alas! the t-shirt doesn’t look one bit as fun as it did when she wore it for the first time. Freakin’ sadness amplifiers! they really work!
Thanks a lot Catalina y Mario (subjects A and B)
Aug 15 2007 1:58 am
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