How to Anger a Rotarian-Or "You Won't Catch a Rotarian Not Wearing a Seatbelt"
How to Anger a Rotarian-Or “You Won’t Catch a Rotarian Not Wearing a Seatbelt”
Author: Liz
Rating: G
A/N: I think it says something about how much I love “The Women of Qumar” for Allison Janney’s amazing performance that I just this week noticed this odd, unexplained Josh thing that I had to go further with. In case no one else noticed either, and you’re wondering what on earth this little dialogue-only piece is about: the president is being sued over supposedly telling people they shouldn’t wear their seat belts. Sam is in damage control mode and wants a national seat belt law. His meeting doesn’t want to talk about it. They want to talk about the Rotary club.
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“Josh?”
“Yeah”
“Sam called. He says ‘please, for the love of God, apologize to the Rotarians so he can do the business of the nation.’”
“Sam said that?”
“Yeah.”
“You sure it wasn’t Toby?”
“Toby’s the one with the beard? Bald?”
“You’re not funny.”
“What did you say that could possibly piss off Rotarians that much?”
“Nothing. I said that they were a shining example of Tocquevillian democracy at work.”
“Josh?”
“What? Ok. I made a crack about David Ashton’s lapel pin and I had to listen to a ten minute diatribe about Rotary community work and scholarships and, I don’t know, teddy bears.”
“Those are the Ruritans.”
“I’m sorry?”
“The teddy bears. They’re names are Rudy Ruritan and the Ruritans give them out to emergency service providers for children who are scared.”
“Donna? Your dad’s a Ruritan, isn’t he?”
“He is, and it’s a perfectly normal and honorable thing to be! You’re not going to make fun of my dad now are you?”
“Yeah, cause the cheese head picture on your desk wasn’t enough.”
“Josh! Just apologize to Ashton so Sam can go back to work!”
“Yes, dear.”
Author: Liz
Rating: G
A/N: I think it says something about how much I love “The Women of Qumar” for Allison Janney’s amazing performance that I just this week noticed this odd, unexplained Josh thing that I had to go further with. In case no one else noticed either, and you’re wondering what on earth this little dialogue-only piece is about: the president is being sued over supposedly telling people they shouldn’t wear their seat belts. Sam is in damage control mode and wants a national seat belt law. His meeting doesn’t want to talk about it. They want to talk about the Rotary club.
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“Josh?”
“Yeah”
“Sam called. He says ‘please, for the love of God, apologize to the Rotarians so he can do the business of the nation.’”
“Sam said that?”
“Yeah.”
“You sure it wasn’t Toby?”
“Toby’s the one with the beard? Bald?”
“You’re not funny.”
“What did you say that could possibly piss off Rotarians that much?”
“Nothing. I said that they were a shining example of Tocquevillian democracy at work.”
“Josh?”
“What? Ok. I made a crack about David Ashton’s lapel pin and I had to listen to a ten minute diatribe about Rotary community work and scholarships and, I don’t know, teddy bears.”
“Those are the Ruritans.”
“I’m sorry?”
“The teddy bears. They’re names are Rudy Ruritan and the Ruritans give them out to emergency service providers for children who are scared.”
“Donna? Your dad’s a Ruritan, isn’t he?”
“He is, and it’s a perfectly normal and honorable thing to be! You’re not going to make fun of my dad now are you?”
“Yeah, cause the cheese head picture on your desk wasn’t enough.”
“Josh! Just apologize to Ashton so Sam can go back to work!”
“Yes, dear.”