Friday, December 2, 2016

Hyperbole


Bill meticulously watches the election results with absolute shock and disbelief. He realizes his worst nightmare is now his even worse reality. George calls Bill. As Bill answers, he hears thunderous, hysterical laugher and instantaneously becomes hostile toward the person on the other end of the line. Bill screams into the phone, “How can anyone be laughing as we watch the world as we know it come crashing down around us!?” George takes a brief break from his laughter and exclaims, “Absolutely no one on Earth could have predicted this outcome! Neither my son nor your wife winning this race? This has to be the biggest upset in history!” Bill somberly lowers his head as he realizes the identity of the chuckling man on the phone. The two bewildered statesmen sit in complete silence as they laboriously ponder how their massive empire has crumbled around them. They simultaneously begin to laugh—it is their only remaining escape.

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