Let’s see if you’ve heard this before. It’s been a cold and wet week, and David and I are hoping to take off our raingear and spend some time with a different kind of liquid—the refreshing kind. We are at the bar and we’ve settle into our usual spots, waiting for Cheryl and thinking about Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: ‘express.’ Use it as a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective. Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you’d have a surprise coming.
“Hi Dan. Boy it’s nice to have a dry day. I wonder where Cheryl is?”
“She switched with me, day for night, David.”
“I didn’t think Cheryl liked working nights, Skippy.”
“She doesn’t, but I have an audition tonight and she was kind enough to switch.”
“Skippy, why don’t you bring David and I our regular drinks and then tell us about this audition.”
“Coming right up, Dan.”
“You’re a good person, Dan.”
“What do you mean, David?”
“Encouraging the boy.”
“From what I’ve heard, he’s a pretty good actor. I’m hoping to be invited to a cast party someday in New York.”
“He may be good, Dan, but the only way he’s getting to New York is on the Metro-North express from New Haven.”
“I think you’re wrong, David. I’ve seen him on stage. The kid has talent.”
“Well, if he gets my drink right, I’ll wish him luck.”
“Don’t do that. It’s bad luck to wish an actor good luck. Didn’t you ever hear the expression ‘break a leg,’ David?”
“I never new why people said it.”
“It means good luck.”
“I see.”
“Here you go, a glass of John Howell’s Bourbon, a snifter of seltzer, a glass of ice and two cherries for David and an ice cold Modelo for Dan, in a frosted glass.”
“I’m impressed, Skippy. Cheers, Dan.”
“So, what play are you auditioning for, Skippy?”
“You Can’t Take it with You.”
“Wow! That’s a good play. I seem to recall that the movie won an Oscar.”
“It won, two, Dan, in nineteen thirty-nine. Best Picture and Best Director.”
“I think I’m supposed to say, ‘Break a leg’ Skippy.”
“That’s nice of you, David. I’ve been studying for several parts.”
“I’m sure you’ll do fine, Skippy. I think you’re on the road to stardom.”
“Thanks Dan.”
“Speaking of on the road, Dan. What route do you take when you go to Pittsburgh?”
“When we go down, we take Interstates eighty-four to eighty-one to eighty to seventy-nine.”
“Is that different from when you come back?”
“Yes. On the way back, we scoot across some expressways in Pittsburgh and come up Interstate ninety-nine to eighty.”
“Why the difference?”
“Our hotel is right under Interstate seventy-nine, and we don’t like going through Pittsburgh on the way down because of the likelihood of getting stuck in rush hour traffic.”
“No rush hour on the way back?”
“No. If I’m alone, I’m up and out before the morning rush. If Faith is with me, rush hour is over before we leave.”
“I see. Is that route home faster?”
“It is. The expressways we take on the way down are pretty much at ninety-degree angles. Interstate ninety-nine cuts across at an angle. It’s like taking the hypotenuse instead of the other two legs of a triangle.”
“Don’t go getting all mathy on me, Dan.”
“It’s not like I was going to calculate, although, it wouldn’t be that hard.”
“Put your phone down. You can google it later.”
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