Herbie and Alice

Herbie: My new car has this really cool feature.  They call it a dome light.

Alice: What?

Herbie: Dome light.  It’s inside the car, see, right above your head, and it turns on automatically when you open the door.  It’s a great idea.  Every car should have one.

Alice: They do.

Herbie: See?  Someone is paying attention to me already.

Alice: What a whiz.  You should start playing the stock market.

Herbie: Why didn’t I think of that?  I should buy a few shares of Ford.

Alice: Or you could just open and close the car door and enjoy the show.

Herbie: Oh come on, don’t be that way.  What’s the stock symbol for Ford?

Alice: Could it start with an F?  Just a thought.

Herbie: Whoa! What is this lever about?  I think I just opened the hood.

Alice: Yep.  You really know how to impress a girl.  Do it again.

Herbie: But the hood’s already open.  Never mind, I’ll just go out and close it again.

[Herbie opens the door and the dome light goes on.]

Herbie: Damn, that’s cool!  Does your car do this?

Alice:  [Sighs.] It does, Herbie.

Herbie: Do you have a Ford too?

Alice: Herbie, I’m cold, why don’t you get back into the car?

Herbie: But the hood is open.

Alice: Herbie…

Herbie: Yes.

Alice:  Close the door, Herbie.  It’s cold in here.

Herbie: OK.

[Herbie closes the door and the dome light goes out.]

Herbie:  It’s dark in here.

Alice:  That’s right, the way it should be.  Now warm me up.

Herbie:  Damn, what a great invention.

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1 response to Herbie and Alice

  1. Pete says:

    Why are my imaginary hand-puppets characters in this strange tale!

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