Friday, August 20, 2010

The End

On his way home that night, as he walked through town, a man stepped out of an alley in front of him. He tensed to defend himself, but the man just stood there. Looking him over, he realized the man looked like a hippie. Something of a comedy caricature of a hippie, really. Long unwashed hair and beard, sandals...and a sandwich board reading 'THE END IS NIGH'. That, he thought, was unusual, even for a hippie.

"You want something?" he asked.

"The world's ending," said the hippie. "I need your help."

He stepped around the hippie and kept walking. High as a kite, he thought to himself. The hippie started walking after him, and fell into step beside him.

"Please, I need your help," said the hippie.

"Look, man, I'm really not interested," he said, and kept walking.

The hippie leaned against a wall, watching him walk away. The hippie wasn't all that disappointed; lots of people gave this kind of response. Another skeptic, he thought to himself, fingering the ragged holes through the middles of his hands.

12 comments:

  1. Nominated for Nightmare Retardant tag.

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  2. Random guy PWNs Jesus? BEST PASTA EVER!

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  3. Oh this made me sad...

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  4. Lol, why isn't this tagged as "nightmare retardent"?

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  5. I didn't get it was supposed to be Jesus until I read the comments

    haha what

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  6. Nails weren't nailed into Jesus' hands, but his wrists.

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  7. I don't want to be a jerk, but the nails were nailed to Jesus' wrists.
    Nice story btw.

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  8. THEN WHO WAS JESUS?

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  9. Wrists, not hands.

    Otherwise, subtle but cool.

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  10. They say now that Jesus could have been hung by his hands.
    Either way this is a wonderful story.

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  11. Wow, I had to think about that one before I got it.

    Overall, pretty awesome.

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