he texted  :  :  I emailed you an article, you’ve got to read it NOW.

  :  :  NOW?

  :  :  Yes. Please.

  :  :  I’ll take a looksee and get back to you.

he lookedvery briefly bordered on nanoish  deleted the email  he wasnt going to go through the pains of textingnot with him half the things he told him he didnt follow and he didnt like writingNOPE if he had to endure communication hed talk to him

What the hell? You couldn’t have looked all the reasons why already.

I didnt he thought hed let him drive the conversation soif things went off the rails theyd go according to himhis words

How many did you look at?

I didnt

I did.

       You understand I sent it to you because so many reminded me of you.

Thank you You didnt look because you wanted confirmation regarding yourself

Me? I don’t like being alone.

No you don Though glancing it reminded me of your beloved Quora site

Beloved? Is not.

   No

       When we talk you bring it up frequently

Id say ifya were honest   you look at the app out of curiositywas trying to offer him a crust of bread a few times a day it must pester you daily ifnot several times a day

And goodness knows your phone has become an appendage

It has not.

   It has

It has not.

This coud go on forever he thought When we talk  When we talk at your house   The phone is always in attendancean when it chimes you have to see

                                  You used to say Excuse me

Not no more

it sounded like he snorted  I look because it could be important.

he wanted him to think about that

hed give him time

                    and rope

It could be important.

How many timesnot tha you can say how many times have you interrupted our conversation an found the chime to be importantbecause I cant think of one time

Be that as it may

                    Quoras mission statement

It’s a place to gain knowledge.

Not gain an share

   Actually its to share an grow world knowledge  World

Why do you say it like that?

Im repeating what it advertises

                                  As a matter of fact I have it upGoogled it

An I quote  Not all knowledge can be written down, but much of that which can be, still isn’t. It remains in people’s heads or only accessible if you  I think this is my favorite part  its only accessible if YOU know the right people. We want to connect the people OF THE WORLD  it doesnt say tha  I am  We want to connect people who have knowledge  Quoras buttering your bread  I said tha  Connect knowledgeable people to people who need it, to bring together people with different perspectives so they can understand each other better, and to empower everyone to share their knowledge for the benefit of the rest of the world.

                                        They did say OF THE WORLD

Pretty fuckin ambitious

And wellwritten Ill add

I don’t see anything wrong with that.

I don either

             But their app chimingyou interrupting our conversation is wrong  Maybe not wrong Inappropriate

It’s neither.

No

I don’t think so.

You don think

                  I can tell you exactlyyou can too how many times Ive allowed my cellphone to interrupt us

Only because you never have it on you.

No

     Its not an appendage Only moneymaking entities are interested tha smartphones are appendages an indispensable like the United States

                                      Thas a joke son a joke  The inimitable Foghorn Leghorn

You’re funny hilarious. 

he imagined his deadpan face Im not it is  Frankly you are

So you called to insult me?

I did not

          I called to tell you intelligence doesnt bait me  but also to say why I abruptly deleted it

You deleted it?

I wasnt interested but thas not to say I do not appreciate your thought to extend it to me share it

How could you possibly do it as quickly as you did?wasn’t your curiosity piqued in the slightest?

It could have beenmight have been had it not been for the second word of the title

What was the second word?

Astonish

Yes. That’s correct, I recall.

I was astounded  Found it astonishing

                                            The title begins Fifteen Astound Reaso . .

. . Yes.

Please  Listen  The title is Fifteen Astound Reasons Why Intelligent People Would Rather Spend Time Alone

I’ve already agreed, yes.

Astound is a verb astound cant be an adjective to describe Reasons Why  Fifteen Astounding Reasons Why

Astound not so intelligent

Didnt hook me

   But you knew what they meant. It's a typo.

Yah  but thas not wha they wrote  

Everybody makes mistakes.

Everyone does But not in a headline

                                       I know wha Im talking about I was a proofreader for a local newspaper for a year

Astounding

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1244,  Sunday

Foghorn Leghorn  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JtnEUPvpus