Wednesday, July 25, 2007

sock varnish crimes

Hey, it's evening. That means Palinode and Schmutzie ain't doing nothing. Nothing. But the television's on. Palinode enters the living room through the hole in the wall.

Palinode: What are you watching?

Schmutzie: Law and Order SVU.

Palinode: Oh yeah. Law and Order. Sock... Varnishing... Unit.

(Pause)

Schmutzie: That's my favourite one of all.

Palinode: Every week? There's a crime at the sock varnishing factory.

Schmutzie: Mariska Hargitay plays a hot sock varnishing investigator.

Palinode: I love it when they say "Let's check out the sock varnishing factory" and there's that dun-dun sound? In the first half of the show they track down the criminal, then they go to the sock varnish prosecutor and his brunette assistant.

Schmutzie: If the formula works, why mess with it?

Palinode: And it's always ethically complicated. For the factory floor workers, for management, for the cops and prosecutors, and especially for the customers.

Schmutzie: I feel bad for the customers.

Palinode: They're trying to slip on a new pair of socks and Wham! varnish. That's the real crime.

Schmutzie: These are their stories.

5 comments:

mathew said...

why'd you go for varnishing and not vanishing? i'd imagine there'd be a lot more sock vanishing cases.

i guess sock varnishing is one of those cottage industries i won't ever understand.

also, sadly, i've tagged you for a meme.

Abigail Road said...

DUN! DUN!

That Girl Who Blogs Stuff said...

My dog (when i had one) knew it was lunchtime by the Dun! Dun! He'd hear that and take the stairs in a single leap.

I sometimes wish I could do that without twisting my ankle.

Bronwyn said...

At work I have a code called "Emotional Crime Victim". Every time I write it I sing 'Dun Dun' in my head. (or out loud, who am I kidding?)

Mr. Head said...

HAHAHAHA ah aha haha ha! Stupid Facebook. I've been missing out.