Comic Scene
Read a story with this scene in it. Found it extremely funny. It's a Gilmore Girls fanfiction. I just love that show, the dialogue's just so funny. Anyhow, this part is where Rory, the daughter, is moping around and Lorelai, her mother, is trying to cheer her up. She turns to Michel, a rude Frenchman who works in her inn, for help. Before I paste the scene I'm going to disclaim everything. Nothing is mine so please don't sue me! And without further ado, here it is:
"Hey, French boy, maybe you can help me out. You're not doing anything."
He lowered his paper and looked at her with his usual disinterest. "I'm reading the paper," he stated.
"Come on, be a sport. It's not like I'm going to ask you to mime or anything. Although, that might do the trick."
"Mimes are the lowest form of society," said Michel with distaste.
"I'll be sure to remember you said that if they ever decide to hold a convention here. Wouldn't that be a quiet weekend? Now come on, is there anything in the paper that might put a smile back on little Rory's face." She squeezed Rory's cheeks, which didn't elicit any response.
"There was an earthquake in Chile," read Michel.
"Next."
"Scientists speculate about another ice age."
"Next."
"They've developed a cure for happiness."
"Don't make me come over there."
"Fine," said Michel. "I will read one of the comic strips. Here is one entitled 'Garfield'. It is a cat with stripes and he is talking to a man named John who I can only assume is his owner. John says to the cat, 'Garfield, what happened to the lasagna that I made?' 'I ate it,' replies the cat. Garfield. Yes, the cat is Garfield. Then the man makes some sort of strange jumping motion signified by squiggly lines and says, 'I had a date coming over for dinner.' The rather overweight and insensitive cat remarks, "At least now you'll have an excuse for why she decides not to stay.' That wasn't funny. How can they call these things comics?"
"Okay, that's enough of that. Thank you for playing 'Who wants to be clinically depressed?'"
With a huff, he turned to a different section of the newspaper.
"What are you doing now?" she asked.
"I'm checking the obituaries."
"Why?"
"If my name is in here, I'm going home."
"If your name is in there, I'm calling Della Reese*."
"Hmm."
"Not there?"
Alright, there's the best place to stop cos the next thing that comes on is bad news. Hahaha... there's so much I just loved bout that snippet. Won't even try to recap it cos I might as well just copy and paste the whole chunk here again. Hope you liked this ;)
NB: Incase you didn't know, Della Resse is the woman who plays one of the angels in Touched By an Angel.