3(Setting: A Park Bench)
(Lynne enters sits and waits. After a bit, Andrea enters and sits)
L: Andrea. You're late
A: I'm sorry Lynne. My son... you know Dale right?
L: Yes I know Dale. Nice boy, a little on the jolly side.
A: Yes, well anyways, Dale was telling me about his half-brother's mother's friend's son, Rupert.
L: Rupert?
A: Yes... yes, I think thats his name. So Rupert was driving home one night and and this car drove up behind him and started to flash the headlights.
L: That's strange.
A: (nodds) Rupert became afriad and drove to the police station. When he got out of his car, he got a policeman and headed over to arrest this woman who was flashing her lights at him. Rupert was told that there was a man in his backseat trying to kill him.
L: Heavans! That's terrible! But Rupert doesn't believe in all that garbage...
A: The policeman went to the car to check it out
L: (wide-eyed) And...?
A: They fund an axe
L: An axe? What about-
A: Escaped
L: Is he still-
A: At large? Yes. Never found
(sit in silence for a while)
L: Were you at church last Sunday?
A: No, Dale was sick so I had to stay home with him
L: It was a wonderful sermon
A: Really?
L: (nodds) When Pastor Brian asked for testimonys, this fellow, Jack Daniels, do you know him?
A: He's a hard one to forget
L: I'll say. So he stood up to testify and-
A: Isn't he an Atheist?
L: Used to be
A: What happened?
L: He said he was down at the YMCA in Oxford on the high-diving board. Lights were out and he was all alone.
A: We all know how he likes to practice before everybody arrives, but why the dark?
L: He likes the place dark because of how the sun comes down from that window in the ceiling
A: Oh
L: Anyways, he was just about jump off when he saw a shadow of a Cross on the wall. He sat down to think it over and a few minutes later the maintenance guy walked in and turned the lights on.
A: That's his big revelation?
L: He forgot to fill the pool up with water.
A: Ohh.
(sit in silence for a little while until Megan enters. She is very embarrassed)
L: Megan, what happened to you?
M: Oh hi Lynne. Andrea.
A: What did you do? You look flushed.
M: I was at home in the shower and the doorbell rang. I ran to the door, completely naked, and asked who it was. Said he was the blind man. I figured he was some poor blind fellow collecting pennies so I just lte him on in. I opened the door and he grinned.
L: Oh I can see where this is going.
M: He wasn't blind! He was just delivering the vienetian blinds that my husband ordered 6 to 8 weeks ago! I was so embarrased!
(Lynne and Andrea start laughing)
A: You are a riot!
(Lynne stands)
L: C'mon then. I'll buy you an ice-cream to cool you down.
(Andrea stands up and the three walk out together. Andrea and Lynne are still laughing)
M: It's not funny!