Thread by @AlanBixter

KNOCK KNOCK
Pagan: What’s in the package, boss.
Skip: Dunno. Didn’t open it.
Pagan: Oh, okay. Do you want me to open it?
Skip: NO! You must never open it either.
Pagan: Why not?
Skip: It is about you.
Pagan: … how … do you know it is about me… if… you didn’t… open it?
/2

Skip: Never mind all that, so long as neither of us open it, everything will be okay.
Pagan: Okay… Was that all you wanted to see me for? I was hoping to pop down to the bar for a cuddle.
Skip: No – there is one other thing.
Pagan: Sure. No problem. What’s that?
/3

Skip: You have to deny it.
Pagan: What?
Skip: What’s in the package.
Pagan: How can I deny what’s in the package… if I don’t know… what’s…
Skip: Never mind that! Deny everything!
Pagan: Sure thing… Are you feeling okay? You don’t seem to be making much sense today...
/4

Skip: Look! It is very simple: You never saw this package, so you deny it ever existed, and if it does exist you deny anything it says in it.
Pagan: What if it is a cardigan? How can I deny a cardigan?
Skip: IT IS NOT A CARDIGAN!
/5

Pagan: How do you know it’s not a cardigan if you didn’t open it?
Skip: I know it’s not a cardigan because I didn’t open it. You know whatever is in there isn’t true because you didn’t open it either. Neither of us know anything about the package. Got it?
/6

Pagan: Sure – whatever you say boss.
Skip: And Pagan?
Pagan: Yes boss?
Skip: This meeting never happened.
<end>

@threadreaderapp unroll