Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kirk!williams From: williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: more active imagination Message-ID: <3923@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 18:57:48 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3923 Posted: Mon Oct 15 18:57:48 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 05:35:52 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 74 I just saw a preview for a movie called `` Have a nice day ''. It showed a slaughterhouse with a maniac wearing a smiley face mask starting up a chainsaw. I think the `` Singles '' movie is soon to follow. Do you think we could get Jack Nicholson to play the starring role? `` Hold the sensitivity, hold the mutual trust, and you can stuff the deep relationship between your legs. '' We could have a SWAT ( Singles without any ties ) of pop psychologists come in and pull at the appropriate guilt complex strings. Our hero could then reach nirvana and achieve the true enlightment of being NORMAL. He could then join the wise guise. He would be followed by a wake of heartbroken women. `` But darling, our paths do not join on the existential plane, I could never live with the guilt of prolonging the suffering of what is essentially a temporary arrangement. '' A look a sincere pity covers his face like a polished shield. `` I know that I would only end up hurting you. '' As he gets better, they start getting suicidal. The plot thickens. All goes well until he meets with Amy Zonn. She is a therapist with a degree in social psychology. What follows is an excerpt from the climatic dialog. Jack: I am starting to feel the winds of change brushing at my shoulders. Time has sent for me, I must follow. Amy: O.K. Jack: You shouldn't be hard on yourself, we've had this time together and should always remember it as something beautiful. Amy: O.K. Jack: I will never forget you or the time we shared together. Amy: Aren't you laying it on a little thick? Jack: What do you mean? Amy: You've had your fun, now get out. Jack: Oh. Amy: Don't forget to close the door behind you. On the way to his car, he gets run over by a school bus. Amy comes out to see what has happened, sees Jack, says, `` Well, that's life ''. She starts a conversation with the bus driver. THE END Well, do you like the realism? We could even include flashbacks to the women who have said the same thing to him before his personality took an unexpected step into the singles scene. We could have Jack's hidden thought's audible, like `` Oh my god, did anyone see me do that '', or `` What will THEY think ''. We could show his fashion addiction. `` Brooke Shields, Oh I LOVE Brooke Shields ''. I've tried to answer all your responses individually. Keep those cards 'n' letters coming, folks! ----{ john williams }---- < dead silence > (DEC E-NET) KIRK::WILLIAMS (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kirk!williams (ARPA) williams%kirk.DEC@decwrl.ARPA williams%kirk.DEC@Purdue-Merlin.ARPA