Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A Conversation with the Ghost of Uncle Farquart

Inspired by and in the style of George Carlin.

Uncle Farquart:  Bloooarrrgh!

Dirk Danglenuts:  Holy hell!  What the...

UF:  Remember me?  It's Uncle Farquart. I'm dead.

DD:  I went to the funeral.

UF:  Oh, right.  Anyway, the Big Man sent me to warn you.  Kinda like the Ghost of Christmas Past, but without the flying and stuff.

DD:  Figures.

UF:  I'm in Hell, dude.  It sucks.

DD:  Really?  You seemed like a good guy.

UF:  Mostly... remember that thing I did with the chicken?

DD:  What do you think?

UF:  (coughs), right.  Well, it turns out they have souls.  Who knew?

DD: (nervous), Really?  Um... are there any other ones?

UF:  Just wallabies.

DD:  Well, I'm screwed.

UF:  Bloooarrrgh!  Pay attention!  I'm here to warn you!

DD:  About hell?  That I should avoid it?  I think I got that.

UF:  You have no idea, kid.  Fire?  Brimstone?  I should be so lucky.

DD:  Ok then, what's it like?

UF:  Well, do you remember that tv gameshow, Don't Forget to Use Your Own Lyrics?

DD:  No.

UF:  Crap, wait.  That hasn't happened yet.  I keep forgetting about the "time has no meaning" thing.  Anyway, it sucks.  People make up their own crap on the fly to the tune of top 40 radio hits.

DD:  Jesus.

UF:  (sighs), Contestant number one.

DD:  Huh?

UF:  Every week, he pulls that "I am the Son of God" crap.  You'd think with that whole miracles gig He's got going, He'd give himself a sense of timing.

DD:  He's bad, then?

UF:  You should hear Him rap.  Although... He can actually sing the "censored" bleep.  That's pretty cool.  Anyway, that's not the worst of it - you should see what His Mom's into these days.  Makes that Magdalen bitch look like a Girl Guide.

Mary:  I heard that, dickhead!

UF:  Goddammit, this is supposed to be a private haunting!

God:  Look pal, She's the Mother of My Child.  Whaddya want from Me?

UF:  Grow a Pair, for Chrissakes!

G:  Double serving of steaming dog turds for you.  Now hurry up, I need My Feet exfoliated.  (vanishes)

M:  Not done with you, buddy.  (vanishes)

DD:  They seemed nice.

UF:  The crap I gotta put up with.  ANYWAY - I'm supposed to tell you - you can get credit for suffering experienced on earth, at a two to one rate.  Kinda like the Canadian judicial system, but without the free room and board.  But it's gotta be real suffering; none of this "but I really hate asparagus" crap.

DD:  But I really do!

UF:  Doesn't count.  It's gotta be painful.

DD:  Alright, fine.  But where's the devil in all this?

UF:  What, Lucie?  Listen kid, here's what they don't tell you in sunday school - sure, he was tossed out of Heaven, but not for being any kind of badass.  They couldn't afford to feed his big ass anymore.

Lucifer:  (from a distance, muffled), I heard that!  I'm gonna roast your... Oooh, pancakes!

UF:  See what I mean?

DD:  So... Satan doesn't run Hell... Mary's a slut... Jesus can't sing... and God's a Giant Puss.  That about cover it?

UF:  Well... when you put it that way... it doesn't sound that bad.

DD:  Later, Uncle Farquart.

UF:  Later.  (vanishes)

1 comment:

  1. So the first time i read this i really didn't get it, so i had to come back to it. LOL Now I kinda like it! :)

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