his kidbrother called

they were five minutes in he thought Oh Christ  Not this again

                                                                       could suppose their ears were within intimate proximity despite twothousand miles apart

marvel of cellular phone technology

                                       No no  I said Jeff was suffering tendonitis  You havent suffered it

No. Not tendonitis. Tinnitus.

                             Had a terrible bout, lasted months, actually went to see a doctor he prescribed some medicine it backed off only occasionally now was driving me nuts

Ahbro You havent far to go

    Funny.

Youre a riot

he crossed his fingers  his ears brothers ears were waging a standup comedy bit as at the party the night before 

                                                                                                                        his ears had been outrageous

Gogol wha Who

What?

You said some kid you grew up with His last name Only Gogol I know  thas itno more syllables letters Russian writer Dead Souls famous short story Viy means evil spirit  The Nose

    What are you going on about?

Awright  Okay    Take a breath

                                    What was the kids name you just mentioned tha you grew up with

Go  Go  Weigold.

Go  Go

         Not Gogolweigold

No. Go-Go was his nickname, his last name was Weigold.

Nickname Wha the hell is it with you an nicknames  Where I grew up they were few an far between

Kids didn’t have nicknames? That’s nuts.

Seemscorrect me if Im wrong you were in charge of makinem

You know, if I think about it, you’re probably right.

Unfortunate Youre not clever betya nicknamed a fat kid Skinny

I did.

Oozing cleverness Not

                           We called each other our given names

Boring. Missed out on a great childhood.

If ignorance is great  Yah

Not ignorant.

Childish  Namecalling

    Whatever.

You still go by yours

                         Go Go still go by Go Go

No. He died about ten years ago.

My condolences

                    On his headstone

Are you kidding me? Of course not.

How will you recognise his grave

I don’t go to cemeteries.

Arent your parents buried

eyes narrowed They are.

Anya don visitem

They’re not there.

Yathink they bought plots with the intention that family woud

I’ve no idea.

 

   Nothing?

Tacere

What do you mean?

Goes without saying better left unsaid

                                            Jesus

I’m a riot?

Without a doubt

You really think so?

I know so

            I keep waitin for you to kick off your standup career

I’m not doing standup.

No

No.

      I intend to do sitdown and make the audience stand.  he tried to muffle his chuckle

See  Riot

           Im sorry brother Ive gotta cut this short have a meeting to attend

Loco?

Its local

Which?

Exactly wha I thought

they brayed like asses

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