Museum Misunderstandings
Standing in the Natural History museum, two people (Person A and Person B) are viewing different displays. Nearby, a large group of students are chattering, filling out papers for school, and pointing at different displays.
A: Did you see that–
B: Dinosaur? Yeah, there’re a lot.
A: They’re a lot of what?
B: A lot of them.
A: I meant the whale.
B: Which wall?
A: There’s only one.
B: How’s that possible?
A: It was born, I guess.
B: The wall?
A: Yeah.
B: What?
A: What? No Wall. Whale.
B: Yes, wall.
A: The whale. Big. Ocean.
B: Ocean wall? What’s that?
A: WHALE. Person A points upwards while staring at Person B.
B: Person B looks up. Oh! Have you seen that–
A: YES. Person A puts their hand down.
B: Whale. Not wall. I see.
A: There are too many loud–
B: Shush, they’ll hear you! Person B puts their finger on their lips and looks around at the group of children.
A: Loud kids. Hah.
B: Don’t bad-mouth them or else they’ll attack. They have claws and vampire-teeth. They’re like vampire-zombie hybrids— look, half of them are mindlessly on their cell phones! In a MUSEUM! Kids these days, they’re terrifying and yet so adorable somehow, like a peacock spider. Wait, can you believe that? That one just dropped a Rolex watch and walked away! I bet it’s a trap! IT’S A TRAP! Person B hides from the kids behind Person A.
A: They’re not dangerous.
B: They’ll throw their vegan quinoa at us!
A: There’s no food allowed in here. And claws? Vampire teeth? Really? They won’t attack.
B: Fine. If you say so. Person B walks out from behind Person A.
A: I do say so.
B: But did you see the wall?
A: What about it?
B: It’s incredible.
A: What’s so nice about it?
B: People drew on it.
A: Threw what on it?
B: Drew?
A: Threw?
B: Pictures.
A: Threw pictures? What kind?
B: People, mainly. Some animals.
A: Priceless paintings of things?
B: Yeah, on walls.
A: Are they broken?
B: The walls?
A: No, the pictures.
B: What?
A: What?
B: They drew pictures. On walls.
A: Drew?
B: Like paint. Draw. Drew. Person B mimes painting.
A: Oh, drew. Sounds like a–
B: Nanny’s nightmare. I know.
A: Imagine cleaning up that mess.
B: I don’t want to.
A: So what about the wall?
B: They’ve nice pictures on them.
A: You like them?
B: Yeah. They’re pretty.
A: Pretty illegal.
B: How?
A: Is vandalism okay to you?
B: If the pictures are nice.
A: I’m glad you’re not–
B: a police officer?
A: Yeah. That would be a–
B: Nightmare. I know.