Water! Water!
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| Notes: | requires 3 tie salesmen and a maitre d'. the person crawling should grow more desperate with each encounter. maitre d' should deliver the final line with smug finality. |
Setting: Desert
[Tie Salesman #1:] Sir! Would you like to buy a tie? This one would look so good on you!
[Person:] I need water water, not a tie!
[Person:] I'm dying of thirst, and you want to sell me a tie?
[Person:] Sheesh! What kind of people sell ties in the middle of the desert to thirsty people?
[Maitre d':] I'm sorry Sir, but you can't enter this restaurant without a tie.
In the desert. Crawling forward for water
[Person:] (Gasping) Water! I need water![Tie Salesman #1:] Sir! Would you like to buy a tie? This one would look so good on you!
[Person:] I need water water, not a tie!
crawls towards next person
[Person:] (Gasping) Water! I need water! [Tie Salesman #2:] Sir! We're having a tie sale. Would you like to buy a nice tie for a great price?[Person:] I'm dying of thirst, and you want to sell me a tie?
crawls towards next person
[Person:] (Gasping) Water! I need water! [Tie Salesman #3:] Sir! I have these fine silk ties at reasonable prices. Would you care to look at my stock?[Person:] Sheesh! What kind of people sell ties in the middle of the desert to thirsty people?
After a pause; looks to the distance
[Person:] An oasis! I'm saved!Scrambles over towards last person
[Person:]Sir! Please! I would like to buy a glass of water![Maitre d':] I'm sorry Sir, but you can't enter this restaurant without a tie.