(What piece of art do you have in your home/what book do you have in your home?)
I recently came into possession of a copy of one of my favorite books ever!! A fan sent me a copy of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain with a note that said "Educate yourself" on it. After using the note as a bookmark, I made it through the delightful tale in record time (two months)! Of course, I simply had to call up the author with one of those 'telephone' thingies I stole from my brief romp in 1973. Here's the conversation log:
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mark Twain? This is Andrew Jackson."
"Go to Hell."
After an abrupt end to our call (I assume he yanked a cord loose. These primitive fools don't know up from down!) I instantly called him back.
"Mark Twain."
"Hi, it's Andrew again!"
"I thought I told you to go to Hell."
"Sorry, we may have bad connection, but it sounded like you just told me, former president Andre Jackson, time traveler, and practical God of Chaos at this point, to go to Hell."
"..."
"Are you sure you told me to-"
"Fine, fine, you've convinced me. We can talk."
"Splendid! Now, I've called you up for a very important reason. You should feel really proud of yourself young man! Your incredible book has managed to captivate me on every page, and I'm starting my second read-through just after I finish this call. Huckleberry is quite the-"
"-Wait a moment, what?"
"Is there an issue?"
"You read Huckleberry Finn?"
"Why of course I did! It was absolutely sides-splitting!"
"Ah. Yes. You think it's funny."
"Well, it is, isn't it? That dumb Jim and his master Huck; Such a charming story."
"I honestly don't know why I got my hopes up. Goodnight, Mr. Jackson."
I think it went quite well.
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