Saturday, April 12, 2008

Heathrow

He told a joke.

"Three holes filled with water!"

They waited for the punchline.

He put the punchline on a bicycle and told it to ride there.

"But they are in Somalia."

A boat then.

"No, it'll take too long. Give me a plane ticket."

The man sighed and bought the punchline a plane ticket. But Terminal 5 was in trouble. Flights had been cancelled. The punchline slept across a pair of chairs in the passenger area. It felt strangely ashamed. Its luggage went missing. Depression set in. The punchline bought a small plastic bag of peanuts from a shop and ate them slowly.

"Well well well," it mused. "Well well well."

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