11. Try an I-said, he/she said conversation. Set the scene somehow.

It’s a Tuesday; I’m at work just like every week. We are close to the end of the day so Joe, Tom and I have started our closing duties. We are in a small kitchen so we can easily talk while we work. I’m back to my fellow employees when I hear Tom ask Joe

“Do you think a banana peel is really as slippery as on T.V.?”

A smile crept onto my face I know that this is going to be a good conversation.

“Well if you rub the peeling against themselves they are pretty slippery” Joe replied.

He cont “So yeah Tom I do believe that that they are pretty slippery” I could hear Tom laughing over the soapy dishes.

“Which do you think would be more slippery the banana or the peel?” I said wanting to expand on the conversation.

“Amy what the hell, the stuff we talk about at work.” said Tom.

“Tom I really want to know” I said in a very sarcastic tone.

I turn around to see Joe, he was really thinking about the question then he states

“Is it a green banana? What floor surface is the banana peel on? There are a lot of factors that need to be known before I can answer this question.”

At this point I know I started something I need to stop or it will go on forever.

“Joe there is no factors, just one or the other. The peel or the banana?” I ask.

“Well I’ll go with the peel.” Joe answers.

“I think it would be the banana” I say.

I look over to Tom he is shaking his head.

“No one would believe the stuff we talk about at work”