Friday, November 7, 2008

THE BOY WHO WAS IN A COMA FOR 8 YEARS, PART II OF III

As our harrowing saga continues, the boy who was in a coma for 8 years has left the hospital, through the magic of patient release, and is now walking down the street.
"It feels strange to walk down the street for the first time in 8 years," the boy observed. "I think I'll buy some shoes."
Indeed, the boy had forgotten his shoes, possibly a side effect of being in a coma for 8 years. Also, he was still in his hospital gown, and, inexplicably, a fez.
As luck would have it, there was a shoe store right around the corner. The boy entered the shoe store with all the panache of a boy who just awoke from an 8 year coma and needed a pair of shoes to go with his hospital smock and fez. The store was called TGI Shoe Store, and had once been a famous chain restaurant with a similar name, Shoe Store Fridays. It had been established 8 years ago, which was a coincidence, and specialized in shoes for the recently conscious, which was not. The boy couldn’t help but notice the intermingling scents of patent leather and onion rings, no matter how hard he tried. Fortunately, he was approached quickly by a shoe salesman in a shirt and tie, but not in that order.
"Can I help you?" screamed the shoe salesman. He worked on commission, and was under the impression that the loudest salespeople scored the most sales. This was for the most part untrue.
"I would like shoes. They would go on my feet," the boy stated, chewing on the rim of his fez.
"Where did you ever get that fez?" asked the salesman, with a look of longing in his eyes, longing for a fez of his own on whose rim he could potentially chew.
"A fez dispenser," the boy answered, lying through his teeth, yet telling the truth through the part in his hair.
"I will sell you shoes, if you will provide for me a fez like yours. It will go a long ways toward making me a hit with the ladies." The salesman was not wrong, the fez would in fact go a long ways toward making him a hit with the ladies, but not long enough.
"Could I use your bathroom? I've been in a coma for 8 years," the boy revealed. This gave the shoe salesman an idea and he, too, went to the bathroom. It would be one of the decisions he would make that day, but not the last. Not the last.
WILL THE BOY GET A PAIR OF SHOES? WILL THE SALESMAN GET A NEW FEZ? WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW?

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