{"id":27696,"date":"2024-12-08T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=27696"},"modified":"2024-12-08T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:58:10","slug":"real-life-dialogue-red-green-and-white-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/real-life-dialogue-red-green-and-white-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Life Dialogue: Red, Green, and White Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" data-afsc-id=\"8287\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-image-27699\" style=\"width: 50%; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reallifedialog-1.webp?resize=715%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cartoonish representations (like from a mid-20th-century advertisement) of a woman's and a man's heads; a bold, jagged dotted line seems to connect their mouths\/ears... the brokenness of the line perhaps being the point\" data-afsc-id=\"8288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reallifedialog-1.webp?w=715&amp;ssl=1 715w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reallifedialog-1.webp?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em data-afsc-id=\"4604\">The setting: a Sunday morning in early December, in a small kitchen in a small home in a North Carolina suburb. Water is heating in a couple of electric appliances. She stands at the counter, before a cup with a spoon it, awaiting the silence from one of the appliances. Her cup is brightly colored with the hues most often associated with the month, at leas<\/em><em>t in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong data-afsc-id=\"6241\">He (with a nod towards the<\/strong><strong> cup)<\/strong><strong data-afsc-id=\"6241\">:<\/strong> Ah. I see you&#8217;ve wasted no time getting into the Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong data-afsc-id=\"6421\">She<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Why not? I&#8217;ve unpacked the whole set &#8212; you want one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong data-afsc-id=\"6511\">He:<\/strong> No, thank you. Those cups are too small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em data-afsc-id=\"6618\">(H<\/em><em>er mouth drops open.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong data-afsc-id=\"6708\">She:<\/strong> <em data-afsc-id=\"6709\">Gri<\/em><em>nch!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em data-afsc-id=\"6795\">(They turn away<\/em><em> from each other, each smiling in secret self-satisfaction to have played their assigned roles to a T.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The setting: a Sunday morning in early December, in a small kitchen in a small home in a North Carolina suburb. Water is heating in a couple of electric appliances. She stands at the counter, before a cup with a spoon it, awaiting the silence from one of the appliances. 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