Philosophical Observatory - convorsation 1 - my decision

Gordon paced around the room inspecting his students. One of them put his hand up.1

"Sir I think I solved the equation"2

"Really now? Lets see this"3

"I reworded the answer from question four to fit the equation, I think it works."4

"No no no silly boy. What part of Polysolipsistic Interegeneration System did'nt you understand?"5

There was a knock at the door. Gordon walked over and opened it.6

"Hello Gordon how are you on this fine afternoon?"7

"John? Is that you?"8

"Pissibly. But Perhaps you only THINK It's me when it may be someone else. Only I would know.9

"Why are you wearing a penguin costume?"10

"I am not wearing a penguin costume"11

"Yes you are I am looking right at it!"12

"No Gordon. Only I would know if I was wearing a penguin costume for it is me and not you who is not wearing it"13

"John you need to stop with this kind of thing. It is getting out of hand. Now get out of that costume and come into my office."14

"I will not get out of the penguin costume that I am certainly not wearing. Why don't you take off YOUR costume?"15

"Because I am not wearing one!"16

"Well how am I supposed to know that?"17

"Because you are looking right at me!"18

"Maybe I am maybe I am not. Only you would really know if you were wearing one because it is you that I am or am not looking at.19

"Your mad"20

"You only think I am. But I am really not"21

"You really are"22

"You can't assume that. If I am mad then I will tell you that I am mad. Not leave it up to you to be me."23

"But I am NOT you!"24

"I know you are not me. And I know because if you were me then I would not know if I was mad or not because it would'nt be me who is mad at all. It would be you"25

"I am not mad"26

"Well I'll leave that up to you"27

They go into Gordons office and sit down. Gordon puts his feet up on the desk. "Do you mind if I put my feet up?"28

"I am not sure, do I?"29

"I thought you were supposed to decide that"30

"I did"31

"You did?"32

"I decided to let you decide whether or not I mind if you put your feet up or not"33

"You cant decide that"34

"You cant tell me what to decide. I decided to make you decide. And you cant decide to tell me otherwise because it was my decision to make.35

"Fine I will just put my feet down then."36

"Suit youself"37

"Please quiet down you are distracting my students"38

"How do you know that?"39

"Because they look distracted!"40

"I wont stop distracting or not distracting your students who can feel distracted or not distracted as they choose to decide"41

"Fine"42

"Want some tea?"43

"Yes I think I do"44

Gordon pours them both some tea and sits down again. "So I hear you have been doing better"45

"No you have not"46

"Yes I have!"47

"I think I will decide that since it is me who is or is not doing better"48

"but I heard..."49

"It does not matter what you heard because seeing as what you decided to hear conflicts with how much better I decided to do, then I have decided that my decision is more important than your decision and therfore your decision becomes my decision and I have decided that you did NOT decide to hear that I am doing better"50

"Fine so how ARE you doing then?"51

"Oh much better thank you" 52

Author notes

This is very short and not well organised aside from the convorsation itself. I decided to start this grouping of weird stuff bt I am not sure whether or not to continue it..but thats for me to decide not you.

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  • WhiteGirl
    November 27, 2005
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    Pissibly? anyways this has always been a favorite of mine Im not sure why. It seems to be worded awkwardly yet I love it so much. I think that you are going to be mad that I have talked to you so much commenting on a lot of poems plus I need to have more points to have great contests.