Dealing With Stupid People [Monday, June 11, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh leaned up against a desk in the Danger Room, hands in his pocket and a grin on his face.

"President Andrew Jackson, in the main foyer of his White House, had a big block of cheese and I can't believe I'm giving this speech," he began. "He did not, sadly, have a cracker the size of Lake Tahoe. I checked. My old boss, the White House Chief of Staff, used this folksy excuse to make us all talk to total crackpots once a year and today that privilege falls to you."

He waved his hands. "Pick a desk, make yourself comfortable, the computer'll drop someone insane off to talk to you. Try not to laugh in their faces--they're all based on real people. Um, sadly."

Comments

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[multiplez]

"Excuse me?" Z asked politely once more.

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Why should we devote tax dollars to fund crap? Literally! One of them uses crap!"

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[multiplez]

"Because, ma'am, it is not our place to judge."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Sure it is," she snapped. "You don't fund every farm program in the country. Why do we give money to useless artists? They should get real jobs."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[multiplez]

"We don't fund every artist, either, ma'am, and surely you understand that farming and art are two totally different things."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

She crossed her arms over her chest. "They both make a lot of manure."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[multiplez]

"Ma'am," Z tried, "While I'm sorry not all art is to your taste, there's really nothing I can do about that, and I don't think cutting funding is going to help. Think about all the worthwhile art that would lose funding as well."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"No great artist has ever used federal funding," she sniffed. "Only mediocre ones." She stood up and stomped from the room.