Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Writing Practice 18: They should spend some time with each other

Richard, a cosmologist, is spending time with HER, an ex-biologist.

Richard: What is the fastest way to determine the sex of a chromosome?
Her: What?
Richard: Pull down its genes.
(they laugh)
Her: Ok. What's the name of the first astronomy detective?
Richard: Tell me.
Her: Sherlock Ohms.
(they laugh)
Richard: Clever.
Her: I thought so.
Richard: Hey, did you learn that physics joke for me?
Her: Um. Did you learn that biology joke for me?
Richard: Maybe.
Her: Then, maybe.
Richard: Then, yes.
Her: Then, yes, too.
(they smiled)

I see what's happening here.
This is the only woman Richard has felt comfortable around.
That means I'm going to have to write Richard being uncomfortable on bunch of dates from his past that failed terribly. That's gonna be fun.

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