Tag: List of Pros and Cons

CUPS 72: Distraction

Drinking always feels like it’ll help, but then you’re sitting there on the couch drinking your eighth beer and… What was it that was bothering me? Was it something about this Die Hard marathon I’ve been watching? Almost certainly not, nothing about Die Hard is ever anything but the best thing… Was I… Was I stressed about something? I’ll get back to you on that. Like, I feel like I’m forgetting something that was bothering me, but here I am watching Alan Rickman in the PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME and I just can’t for the life of me recall why I was so bummed in the first place. Hey, pass me that beer would you?

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CUPS 71: A List of Pros And Cons

*Car pulls up, a woman excitedly steps out holding a dozen balloons

*Woman opens back door and pulls out a giant Edible Arrangements®

*Woman rings doorbell, giggling to herself

*’A LIST OF PROS AND CONS!’ She yells maniacally when you open the door, and runs away screaming with delight

*A separate van pulls up with two men in hospital-like clothing.

*One man steps out and corrals the woman who is running around deliriously while the other man pulls out a syringe.

*One man catches the woman in his arms as she squirms uncontrollably

*The other man injects the woman with whatever is in the syringe.

*The man slowly injects the serum and as the woman begins to lose consciousness, he sighs and whispers, slowly but audibly ‘…a list of pros and cons…’

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