Location : Capitol Hill – An office in the Senate office Building. When: Late afternoon (after completion of a presentation by Hypochondriacs against Big Pharma Commercials).
“I don’t know about you Senator but I don’t think that went too well,” said Abe.
“Were you at the same session that I was at because I think that was a resounding success,” replied the Senator.
“Resounding? I don’t think there were more than 35 Senators there.”
“Yes , but at the beginning we had a full house.”
“But there were open seats.”
“When you get 70 senators out of a 100 to show up that’s a full house.”
“That is depressing.”
“No, that is reality.”
“That doesn’t mean it’s not depressing. There was only 15 left at the end of a thirty minute presentation.”
“Yea that was your fault.”
“How was it my fault?”
“The average age of a US Senator is 60. You lost twenty senators at the mention erectile disfunction.”
“Why did that cause them to leave?”
“It reminded them that they needed a refill.”
“So when did I lose the rest?”
“You lost a few more at the mention of temporary memory loss, hemeroids and frequent urination. It was kind of a steady trickle after that.”
“You’re putting that all on me?”
“Well, that’s probably not fair. Our normal daily attrition rate is similar and for pretty much the same reasons.”
“Again, thats depressing.”
“It could have been worse.”
“How?”
“You could have mentioned side affects related to alcoholism. That would have emptied the place.”
“So whats our next move?”
“Well, normally I would conduct follow up meetings in the next couple of days but I will probably
wait until next week.”
“Why the wait?”
“Well, you got em stirred up a bit today. The frequent urinators will be back in the morning but It will take a few days for the hemorrhoid sufferers to calm down. It could be a while for the memory loss folks if at all.”
“If at all?”
“Yea, they could just think they’re retired. It’s happened before.”
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