Wednesday, April 14, 2010

No time for Whoopi


As I approach the bank tellers in a local branch, one is saying to another: "What did Whoopi say? 'He's stuck somewhere...stuck between the somethings?''"
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"I don't have time for no whoopee," says a blue-collar customer doing some routine business at the far left end of the counter. "I gotta work."
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"You got no soul," his teller informs him.
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"Are you talking about Whoopi Goldberg?" I ask the first teller.
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"Sure am."
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"In the movie Ghost." I make a flying guess.
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"That's it."
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"Where she says that someone is stuck between the worlds."
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"Hear that?" she calls to the other tellers. "Whoopi says he's stuck between the worlds."
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"Like you, Stan," the teller at the end challenges the customer who doesn't have time for no Whoopi. He looks foggy, but concerned.
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"Stan," she pursues him. "Where is your soul?"
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"I dunno." He turns a shade paler. "I guess I'm kinda hoping it's still in my body."
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As I finish my business, I congratulate everyone at the bank counter. "This has been grand entertainment. Not what you generally hear in a bank."
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"You never know what a day may bring," says the middle teller, silent until now.
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"Ain't that the truth," says my teller. "You might even get kicked out of that stuck-between place into another world."
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"Stan," his teller isn't done with him. Her Whoopi impression is pitch-perfect. "You in danger, boy."

2 comments:

Savannah said...

This is fun... Reminds me of that Paul Simon tune - Fifty ways to leave the blue between, was it? Looks like Stan could be making a new plan :-).

Robert Moss said...

Hi Savannah - It's lovely when life gives us a spontaneous script, isn't it?