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Needling the psychic

· posted in I Crack Me Up

So he started telling me swell things, trying benign little guesses and watching my face to see if I responded so he'd know to keep on that path. So I (probably cruelly) poker-faced him. He got friendly, blank nothing from me. He kept going. He looked a little worried. He floundered a bit. And finally he said "You have a very strong personality. People are intimidated by you." No, I think it's just psychics.

The night wore to a close and my friend the Intuit had grabbed onto Mr. Goldman just a few feet from me. David was very polite. He nodded and smiled and listened as he heard wonderful things about himself. And the psychic just wouldn't let the poor guy's hand go. After a while, I thought I'd go over and give him an out if he wanted it.

I strolled over and waited a minute while the reading drew to a close. David's hand was free. I thought a little grounding counter-perspective would be fun. I grabbed David's hand and shook it and with a big smile said "I just wanted to tell you: I think you're a jerk."

For just a second he looked quite taken aback, but he quickly looked like he "got it".

Yes, I crack me up.

One of my favorite lines from David's routine/presentation/monolouge: Forgive me Father, for I paid retail. :)

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