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“Don’t go there.”
“What do you mean? Why not? That’s Mars.”
“Don’t go there.”
“But it represents a vision of a humanity joined in common cause, united by wonder, unencumbered by irrational divisions driven by hate and fear of the other. A mission to mars is a journey in man’s hearts as much as it is a voyaged through God’s skies.”
“Don’t go there.”
“Maybe your right. Maybe it is folly for me to imagine a world without difference. Who am I to say? The cold, glossy eye of science has hurt more people than it has ever helped. It reduces human beings, each animated by his or her own unique inner light, to nothing more than indiscriminate specimens pinned to a display case.”
“Don’t go there!”
“Yeah talking serious can be so embarrassing.”
“Like that episode of Friends!”
“The one with the ick factor!”
Yeah, the one where Ross is like Hi I’m Ross. I’m a paleontologist.
Yeah. And the girl is like paleo-in-what?
And Chandler’s like “Ross?! Dinosaurs extinct! Her, not so much.”
Yeah.
That’s a good one.
Yeah.
Which one are you again?
It doesn’t matter.

Date Written: January 09, 2004
Author: scoop
Average Vote: 3.9

Comments:
01/12/2004 anonymous (1):
01/12/2004 anonymous (5):
01/12/2004 anonymous (5):
01/13/2004 qualcomm: i think i like this, but i'm just not sure yet. vote forthcoming.
01/13/2004 Dick Vomit (4): You're spelling is bullshit. Loved the ending.
01/13/2004 scoop: It's my spelling and it can be whatever it wants to be as long as it has the courage to pursue its dreams.
01/13/2004 Will Disney (4): liked this one. made me "think" a little.
01/13/2004 qualcomm (4): scoop has found a short-shorts voice he can truly call his own with these philosophic dialogues.
01/14/2004 Dolemite (4): Isn't Friends the BEST SHOW?!?! My favorite Friend is Joey!!!! He's not very bright, but he has a big heart!!!! Too bad things didn't work out with him and Rachel!!!! They were such a cute couple!!!! I bet he's a great kisser!!!! *sigh*
02/26/2004 Mr. Pony (4): Did I already vote on this one?
02/26/2004 Mr. Pony: Yes. Yes, I did.
03/25/2004 anonymous (1): Too easy a target. Pop Culture.
05/10/2004 Mr. Pony: I wonder if scoop feels bad about this short, given that Friends ended the way it did. Man! Did anyone see that one coming?
05/22/2004 TheBuyer (4): I get it.
Laid I mean, all the time. no one reads these comments, right?
11/20/2004 John Slocum (4): Did you fucking plagiarize this one too?