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No narration. Just speech.

If It's A Girl...

"I've come to a decision."

"This is never a good thing."

"Josh, stop joking around, I'm serious."

"Okay, you've come to a decision. What have you come to a decision about?"

"What to name my kid."

"You don't have a kid."

"Of course I don't; if I did, giving her a new name now would be stupid."

"Sorry, you're right. What are you going to name your future kid with a woman you haven't met yet because you've been single for as long as I've known you?"

"That hurts."

"It was meant to. So what are you going to name him?"

"Her."

"You're going to name him Her?"

"No, it's a name for a girl. What am I doing to name her?"

"How am I supposed to know that? You haven't told me yet."

"Stop being an ass."

"So what are you going to name her?"

"Anandroid."

"You're going to call her an android?"

"I'm going to name her Anandroid. Anne or Anna for short."

"I'm almost afraid to ask, but why are you going to name your imaginary future daughter Anandroid?"

"It's strategic, like everything I do."

"Like how you always engage in a land war in Asia."

"Says the man who's never won a game of Risk in his life."

"Sorry, continue. How is it strategic to name your non-existant daughter Anandroid?"

"It's so I can mess with people. This way, when I introduce her to people, I can say 'This is my daughter. She's Anandroid.' And then they'll say 'Holy crap, you have an android!?' It'll be glorious."

"See, this is why it pains me to know you. Because you do things like this, and I have to pretend they're somewhere in the vicinity of logical."

"Look me in the eye and tell me it wouldn't be great to mess with people on that personal of a level."

"What personal? The only one you'd be messing with is your own fake daughter."

"Of course it is. What's the point of having kids if you don't scar them for life by giving them a messed up name?"

"You would name your daughter Anandroid, just to screw with her from birth."

"When her teacher calls attendance, they'll call out 'Is Anandroid here?' and she'll have to say 'Yes, I'm Anandroid.'"

"You are so seriously messed up."

"Tell me that wouldn't be glorious."

"...You win."

Story Index

2020-06-22 · Boss Music Intensifies
2020-06-15 · Accept the Unexpected
2020-06-08 · Failing The Test
2020-06-01 · Best Laid Plans
2020-05-25 · The End?
2020-05-18 · The Only Explanation
2020-05-11 · Personal Victory
2020-05-04 · Six Questions
2020-04-27 · It's A Team Effort
2020-04-20 · The More Things Change
2020-04-13 · It's All About Perspective
2020-04-06 · Fake It 'Til You Make It
2020-03-30 · Keeping It Clean
2020-03-23 · How To Save The World
2020-03-16 · Time For A Change
2020-03-09 · Music To My Ears
2020-03-02 · Unfamiliar Territory
2020-02-24 · Something From Nothing
2020-02-17 · The Times Are Changing
2020-02-10 · The Missing Piece
2020-02-03 · Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2020-01-27 · Overexposure
2020-01-20 · As Seen On TV
2020-01-13 · Written By A.I.
2020-01-06 · Promises Kept
2019-12-30 · Ringing It In
2019-12-23 · Happy Unspecified Seasonal Holiday!
2019-12-16 · The Lair
2019-12-09 · Time To Get Cracking
2019-12-02 · Not A Suicide
2019-11-25 · The One That Knows What Number It Is
2019-11-18 · Venting Frustrations
2019-11-11 · The Test Takers
2019-11-04 · Make Your Play
2019-10-28 · Horror With Smart People
2019-10-21 · The Interview
2019-10-14 · It Must Have Happened At Some Point
2019-10-07 · Work The Problem
2019-09-30 · Cogs in the Machine
2019-09-23 · First of One
2019-09-16 · Curse Your Inevitable Betrayal!
2019-09-09 · Be Brief
2019-09-02 · Changing Channels
2019-08-26 · It's A Process
2019-08-19 · Armed And Dangerous
2019-08-12 · Good Intentions
2019-08-05 · A Simple Procedure
2019-07-29 · Finale Feelings
2019-07-22 · Fun And Profit
2019-07-15 · It Builds Character
2019-07-08 · Aviator Safety
2019-06-24 · Something's Been Bugging Me
2019-06-17 · It's All About You
2019-05-27 · Rough Encounters
2019-05-20 · Wishes Three
2019-05-13 · A Gentle Nudge
2019-05-06 · A Simple Misunderstanding?
2019-04-29 · Don't Spoil It
2019-04-22 · Under Scrutiny
2019-04-15 · Prepare To Resist
2019-04-08 · Making Small Talk
2019-04-01 · The Crisis
2019-03-25 · Just Kidding
2019-03-18 · How About That Local Sports Team?
2019-03-11 · Public Engagement
2019-03-04 · The Hero We Need
2019-02-25 · The Negotiation
2019-02-18 · Executive Orders
2019-02-11 · The Talk
2019-02-04 · The Big Game
 2019-01-28 · If It's A Girl...
2019-01-21 · The Nature Of Picasso
2019-01-14 · I'm Sorry, Ms. Jackson
2019-01-07 · Never Saw It Coming
2018-12-31 · Duelling ...Holidays?
2018-12-24 · Too Much Cheer
2018-12-17 · Taking Out The Trash
2018-12-10 · Let's Go To The Movies
2018-12-03 · Not For Donuts
2018-11-26 · Horizons Made Broad
2018-11-19 · It's The Journey That Matters
2018-11-12 · Anthing You Can Do...
2018-11-05 · Let's Call It "Laundry"
2018-10-29 · Unfriended
2018-10-22 · A Conversation About "Tacos"
2018-10-15 · Changes
2018-10-08 · An Adult-Sized Secret
2018-10-01 · Street War
2018-09-24 · Whither Whether Why
2018-09-17 · The Pitch
2018-09-10 · The One That's Meta
2018-09-03 · A Night At The Movies
2018-08-27 · We're Vampires
2018-08-20 · The Final Showdown
2018-08-13 · The End Of The World
2018-08-06 · A More Rational Kind Of Love
2018-07-30 · Death Troubles
2018-07-23 · True Love
2018-07-18 · At Least It's Not Des Moines