“I begged you not to drink all that blood. Now you’ll just have to hold it until sunset.”
Small Talk
“ … and the sales call was coming from inside the house!”
Small Talk
“We took the Atlantic.”
Small Talk
“I never remember, do you brine before or after you get attached to him?”
Small Talk
“He’s got the ball, he’s at the 30, the 20, the 10, he’s running past the end zone, he’s leaving the stadium, he’s meeting his wife at the train station, they’re getting on the 3:27 to Hudson Station and buying a small home near the Catskills, they’re raising a family, they’re watching their kids grow old, he’s getting sick, he passes away peacefully in his sleep, he’s at his funeral—and folks—it’s a beautiful ceremony! What a game!”
Small Talk
“Sometimes I feel like all we have left is our top-flight education, our generational wealth, and our secure place in the business-world boys’-club network.”
Small Talk
“Let me guess—you stayed late at your buddy’s place helping him with a, quoth, poem.”
Small Talk
“Today’s special is a blue-foot turkey leg cured in pine-needle juice, served with willow-bark home fries and wild honey mushrooms in a burnt corn sauce.”
Small Talk
Small Talk
Small Talk
“Table three needs ketchup.”
Small Talk
“Of course I still love you. It’s just that after all these years your pheromones stimulate my desire to read.”
Small Talk
“I assure you, Chuck is completely stable—no need to question his sanity. Nope, perfectly fine. Better than fine—great! Chuck’s doing great. Now onto the quarterly report.”
Small Talk
“Stand back, give him air.”
Small Talk
“I went to a school in Boston.”
Small Talk
“The next downtown local train has entered a rift in the space-time continuum, and will arrive in 3027.”
Small Talk
“I’m invisible to all men.”
Small Talk
“The press briefings have picked up since they added the laugh track.”
Small Talk
“Sure, you remember me. I’m the guy who collapsed here last night … right in front of you … and had to be rushed to the hospital.”
Small Talk
Small Talk
“Instead of a three-hour play with 20 performers, what about a single performer, alone onstage, telling jokes for 30 minutes?”
