December 21, 2006

A pirate's life for me

One of the quirks of Chandra's brain is its inability to keep common sayings and metaphors straight. For example, if she saw a remarkably tall thin person, she would very likely say "Wow, what a string pole." The more typical phrases here being "string bean" or "bean pole." I've mostly gotten used to this verbal quirk, but there are times when it rears its head in remarkable ways...

InT. dining room, morning

JASON sits down at the dining room table with a bowl of "Pirates of the Caribbean" cereal. He joins CHANDRA, who is already seated.

Chandra

I see you're eating the breakfast of champions again. Aii!

Jason

(a long beat)

Arr?

CHANDRA

(Realizing that she has done it again)

Uh, yeah-- Arr! What would you do without me?

JASON

I'd spend a lot less time being baffled, for one thing.

Posted by Jason at December 21, 2006 04:13 PM