UNIt XXXIV: Universations 812 - 847

812


You appear to have your back against the wall.
I like it here. It alleviates my guilty conscience.


813


How soon before space travel becomes passe’?
It already is for some.


814


Why couldn't I see it coming?
You were looking too hard.


815


Do you plan to register for the conference?
What conference?
The conference on conferencing.
Depends. Where's it going to be held?


816


Have you had any good conversations lately?
No, but it could partly be my fault.
How so?
I tend to answer more than ask.


817


The worst is not yet over.
Why am I not surprised?


818


The soccer fields are rife with the ghosts of children playing.
The weeds; the debris; the overgrown grass; they don't even look like soccer fields anymore.
Have you looked in the mirror lately?


819


There's no getting over that rainbow.
Not since they closed the interstate.


820


What's this about paying all our debts?
It's called the day of reckoning.


821


We are all poor.
All of us?
Yes, if only in the poverty of our imagination.


822


Everyone needs a friend sometime.
Only if sometime is the right time.


823


Do you believe in happy endings?
The world hasn't tried one yet.


824


When do you anticipate your fence falling down?
As soon as the wind changes direction.


825


Can you die before your time?
Certainly.


826


Glad you could make it to the funeral.
It seemed the right thing to do.
How so?
No one should be buried alone.


827


Did you see it coming?
Of course not. The future's not set in stone.
More like set in mud.


828


Were you there when the lights went out?
I wasn't sure where there was. It was dark.


829


Who are we kidding?
Ourselves, apparently.


830


Your curtains are dirty.
Are you implying that I should shake off the dust?
Someone has to speak for the curtains.


831


How do you ever know the innermost regions of another human being?
We don't even know our own.


832


I understand you've been cleaning house.
How did you know?
I heard you yelling 'throw the bums out!'


833


What happened to paradise?
It became a better than average parking lot.


834


What's your policy on acquisitions?
I don't want anything that's not already mine.


835


Is it possible to be smart and nobody know it?
You should know.


836


You look comfortable under that shade tree.
Your perception matches reality.


837


Don't be afraid to say goodbye to your dreams.
Saying goodbye won't lessen the pain.
It won't if pain was what you were after.


838


Do you think God will postpone his fiery judgment?
He has already.


839


Are you running out of ideas?
Not yet.


840


What we are about to witness is a scenario that even Philip K. Dick couldn't have penned.
What about Robert Heinlein?
Too disastrous even for him.
Wow.


841


It's never a good idea to divide one's empire.
Even when it becomes too large to manage?
Especially then.


842

Why is everyone reluctant to go home?
Because home is more frustrating than work.


843


How can you avoid embarrassing situations?
Don't live.


844


Can miracles still happen in the 21st century?
Have you ever watched youth baseball?


845


Are you afraid of the bottomless pit?
Only if they're slightly wrong.
What do you mean?
It actually has a bottom.


846


We seem to be lost in a sea of confusion.
How do you know we're lost?
I've seen that same wave at least three times.


847


How did that snake get in the garden?
It walked right in.

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