Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Ray II

I am not making this up.

ME: This is Allen.

RAY: Allen. Ray!

ME: Hey, Ray. How's it going?

RAY: Good, good. I got your stuff. We'll have the next round of proofs for you later this week.

ME: Great. Thanks, Ray. Hey, how was your trip last week?

RAY: Oh, it was miserable. MISERABLE.

ME: Oh, dear. I'm sorry to hear that.

RAY: Who goes eight hours south of Chicago in May for weather in the upper 40s?

ME: Um. You?

RAY: Yeah, it was the pits. MISERABLE.

ME: Boy, Ray. It sounds like you had a terrible time, I'm-

RAY: Oh. Don't get me wrong. We had fun! I mean, we had a blast!

ME: Oh. Um.

RAY: These guys, these are the kind of guys you have fun with whatever the situation. It's in their blood.

ME: Oh, good. Good. Well, then, it sounds like you had a good week!

RAY: Oh, yeah, it was great!

ME: Ooop, there's my other line. Talk to you soon.

2 comments:

Andrew said...

Can we bring Ray to California?

Anonymous said...

Re: Andy's comment

If you met him, you'd never ask that -- even as a joke.