Stupid People and the Stupid Things They Do

Setting: Stage1

Narrator: Walks out onto stage. Gets notes together, begins to read, " We, as humans, are by nature, stupid. We do all sorts of stupid things on a regular basis. This play is a series of short skits showing stupid people doing stupid, every-day things. We will begin with our main characters, Amy and Jill." Amy and Jill walk out to middle-stage. "Amy," Amy steps forward. "Is a high school student. She makes good grades, is very opinionated and has common sense." "Our other character, Jill," Jill steps forward, two more steps than Jill," is also a high school student. She makes average grades, doesn't know what an opinion is and lacks common sense." "This skit shows one of the stupid things people do on a every-day basis. Watch..." Curtain closes, re-opens with actors in place at scene.2

Setting: Amy and Jill are sitting at the kitchen table, talking.3

Amy: Did I tell you that I lost my hairbrush?4

Jill: No, you didn't. Where did you lose it, Amy?5

Amy: (Looks at Jill like she's completely and utterly stupid.) Well.. if I knew where I lost it, it wouldn't be lost would it?6

Jill: (Thinks hard for a few moments. Looks dumbstruck.) I don't know, would it?7

Amy: Jill! When you loose something, you don't know where you lost it, that's what makes it lost.8

Jill: (Looks enlightened.) Oh! I see. So... when I drop my pencil under the desk in third period, and my teacher in fourth period asks if I have a pencil I can say that I lost it in third period?9

Amy: (Looks frustrated.) No, Jill! It wouldn't be lost if you knew where it was. If you wanted to tell your fourth period teacher the truth you would tell her it was under the desk in third period. That's not lost, because you know where you left it.10

Jill: Okay.. I think i'm starting to get this 'lost' thing. So.. if I 'lost' my pencil I wouldn't know where it was?11

Amy: Right! That's it Jill! You wouldn't know where it was!12

Jill: Oh! Okay! I understand now!13

Curtains close. Few minutes, curtains open again, Narrator comes back.14

Narrator: "In that skit, Jill asked the question, "Where did you lose it, Amy?" In refrence of Amy's lost hairbrush. If Amy had known where she lost her hairbrush, it wouldn't be lost. A stupid question, with no thought put into it... let's move on."15

Curtains close again, open with Amy and Jill sitting at the table, talking.16