Thursday, June 26, 2008

dramatic irony

(Setting: kitchen table, 7:30 pm)

TAI CHI MASTER:
Part of the problem in this class is you guys have too much knowledge. So when I say something you don't just hear what I say, you think 'oh, this remind me of this,' and 'I read something back ten years ago' and 'maybe I disagree with that'.... it's like you got a blank piece of paper and I give you one sentence to write down but then you think of another thing and another and now you've got a whole paragraph.

(Beat)

STUDENT X:
You know, when I was in judo we used to say something similar....

STUDENT Y:
I remember reading that in the Classics....


TAI CHI MASTER:
(clasps hands over head for a moment. purses lips. gets up to make some more tea)

2 comments:

Abby Franquemont said...

Omigod.

*headdesk*

Sheer brilliance.

Holly said...

I thought my head was going to explode, I was trying so hard not to guffaw, or scream! I rubbed my hand over my face like I had a headache--I did, from the blood rushing to my eyeballs--and my Sparring Partner was squeezing my leg hard under the table, warning me not to say anything....