It's time for another interview. Of course, the exchange of words are from unusual people or even strange things. This second interview stays on track with that honor. I will call him Zebra because of his stripes.1
Theodore: I want to thank you for being here for this interview.2
Zebra: It's fine! I'm sure it's alot safer than my usual surroundings.3
Theodore: So, are you saying that you're constantly worried about your health?4
Zebra: It's like this, I have to watch out for animals every time I work!5
Theodore: Where do you work? A zoo?6
Zebra: More like a jungle really!7
Theodore: So you have to worry about rhinos and lions I guess!8
Zebra: Actually, I have to be more concerned with grizzlies, bucks, bulls and such.9
Theodore: It does sound like you could have a stampede on your hands at any given time.10
Zebra: You should see them when I blow my whistle. You thought I had just accused someone of robbing a bank when in fact I just called one of them for an infraction.11
Theodore: A whistle huh! So that's how you train these wild animals?12
Zebra: There's no training to it! At times a whistle doesn't even work! I have to call my other buddies in stripes over to get a handle of the situation at hand.13
Theodore: I'm surprised you're still living to tell about it! I'm guessing this is some form of entertainment, like a circus or something!14
Zebra: It sure can be a circus at times. Boy, can it ever be!15
Theodore: So do you use cages then to keep control?16
Zebra: Nope! Just an open floor in large arenas.17
Theodore: Isn't that dangerous for the crowds?18
Zebra: Not usually! Except for the time when Indianapolis and Detroit got in to it and they are not even animals. However, that night you could have called them that!19
Theodore: It sounds exciting what you do, but I'm not so sure I want to be a spectator if they run rampant like that!20
Zebra: It does keep me and my comrades in good physical shape running up and down with them.21
Theodore: So I guess these groups get alot of bread for performing!22
Zebra: I should say so! Each of them make a ton of dough that would make bakers envious!23
Theodore: So what's the worse injury you can tell me that happened to you?24
Zebra: I had a broken leg when a couple of timberwolves accidentally ran me over on a fastbreak!25
Theodore: A fastbreak! Sounds like a long break to me when your leg is broken.26
Zebra: True! I was off work for eight weeks and missed the playoffs and the championship! I was scheduled to work'em.27
Theodore: Oh, I see. They perform against each other as in competition.28
Zebra: Yeppers, they do!29
Theodore: I'm guessing they do more than run!30
Zebra: We give them a ball to take back and fourth and they have to take it away from each other. There are goals at each end and if they can put it in the basket, they are awarded points. We do it for four quarters and the most points win at the end.31
Theodore: That has got to be a sight to see a bull or a grizzly trying to get a ball in a bucket.32
Zebra: You can't imagine! People pay twenty to hundreds of dollars to see it done just for one game. It's unreal! Then there's the big money in the jerseys they wear.33
Theodore: No wonder the fans pay so much if they get to see them wear clothes while performing this task!34
Zebra: Yeah, if I had just a small percentage of those sales, you would be looking at a very rich ref!35
Theodore: I guess that is another way of describing you; a referee.36
Zebra: You nailed it. I will tell you, we are not loved unless the home team gets calls their way. We put on the stripes and next thing you know we don't have a friend in the world. I don't know what it is! Everyone loves zebras if they're in the wild or at zoos, but if we're officiating love turns to hate quicker than the second hand on a clock striking the next tick!37
Theodore: We are out of time and will have to leave it at that note. I do want to thank you for coming in and being so educational about a zebra's line of work. I just never knew all of that took place.38
Zebra: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reveal my stripes.
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haha I loved it! a ref...i figured it out though before you revealed it lol...that was cute
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Pahahahahaha! Awesome, poking fun at football ^_^ Schweet.
The only thing I felt was wrong with it, was there seemed to be an over use of exclamation marks, but that's just my opinion.
Thanks for entering my contest, and good luck!
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I appreciate your opinion, but will have to correct you that it's not the NFL here, but the NBA that the fun was being poked at. I will go ahead and disqualify myself(lol).
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*Slaps head* Basketball, of course, throwing balls in hoops... It was to early in the morning for me to pick up sutibtlties like that. But it's all about the same to me, fun poked sport.
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I did it for two reasons; since it was basketball and you didn't pick up on it and I don't think I could change the number of exclamation points for they were overused for a reason. I did it so you wouldn't have to. I'm okay with it. It's not a problem. I'm sure there were much better ones in the contest, but thanks for liking it
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Well, if you feel that you must keep it removed, Ok, but I wouldn't have DQed it. Just 'cause I didn't pick up that it was basketball, but I can see that now, it's fairly obvious. But like I said, I read it early morning, I don't pick up on that sort of thing so much
And if you use the exclamation marks on purpose, that's fine. I didn't realise that it was on purpose.
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I understand for I can have those days myself. I do thank you for the wonderful comments
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lol i love the way you do these Ted E Bare. you are definitely one heck of a writer! keep it up... from zebras to refs... love it! oh and love you!
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I will be interviewing a Date on Friday. Thanks for the sweet comment and I love you also
Ted E
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Nice work. This is the first one of the interviews I've read and I think I might continue to read them. When are you writing up the next one, because I can't wait!
--RT
PS: Hehe, zebras.
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The first one was a very wild one and I will be interviewing a Date on Friday. Thanks for the great commentTed E
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LOL oh my gosh, your interviews are so amazing! I have no idea what made you think of these interview series, but I love them!
I am just sitting here now imagining a real grizzly and a bull trying to get a ball in a bucket, while wearing clothes! LMAO I loved reading this! You are so creative in your writings and I love it when you add something new. A real zebra as a ref. now that would be something I would even have to go to a game and see. Poor thing, getting run over by those timberwolves. What a sight to see lol.
Loved this and I can't wait to read more of your interviews!!
~Joann
beginning: 5, language: 5, plot: 5, ending: 5, dialog: 5, characters: 5.
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Joann, thank you so much for a great comment. Sometimes refs are called zebras because of their stripes. There are several NBA teams (pro basketball) that are named after animals like the ones I have mentioned. I tried to make it sound like they were animals, but in the end everyone would figure out they were used as metaphores. I'm not sure which interview will pop up next. I will be doing one concerning the 2006 conspiracy theory of the JFK assasination soon. Will post it once it's done. It may be third or even late as the fifth one.
Ted E
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