{"id":633,"date":"2006-07-17T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2006-07-17T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2006-07-17T23:45:27","slug":"i-wish-this-was-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"I Wish This Was Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Scene 1: 12:58 pm.  2.3 week old Baby sleeps.  Young Mother has eaten lunch and prepares to consume 1st cup of coffee of day.  Hopes coffee will make headache go away.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Young Mother:  Hm.  Where is the remote control?  I wish to watch television with my coffee&#8230;<br \/>\n<i>(searches in vain)<\/i><br \/>\nOh well.  I will turn on the tv and see what&#8217;s on&#8230;<br \/>\n<i>(turns on TV.  TV is on local Fox station.  A commercial states that new Vagisil feminine wash is &#8220;gynecologist-tested.&#8221;  What if gyno is a man?  Who does he test it on?  Also, YM doubts any gyno worth his\/her speculum would recommend vaginal wash.  VAGINAS ARE SELF-CLEANING, PEOPLE.  JUST LIKE YOUR COLON.)<\/i><br \/>\nBaby:  Hello!  I&#8217;m awake and I&#8217;m hungry&#8230;<br \/>\nYM:  OK, hold on&#8230;<br \/>\nBaby: I DON&#8217;T THINK YOU HEARD ME &#8211;<br \/>\n<i>YM heads back to couch, picks up Baby before he gets all <a href=\"http:\/\/snakesonaplane.ning.com\/index.php\"> Snakes on a Plane <\/a>on her ass<\/i><br \/>\nYM:  Righty, here you go, then<br \/>\nBaby:  Murfle murfle grunt<\/p>\n<p><i>Scene 2:  Two minutes later, Baby feeding happily, YM looks up at tv.  It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauryshow.com\"> Maury! <\/a> Fuck!<\/i><br \/>\nYM: Fuck!<br \/>\nBaby:  murfle, velociraptor-seizing-prehistoric-rat-squeal<br \/>\nYM:  Argh!  I can&#8217;t move!  And it&#8217;s goddamn Maury!<br \/>\nMaury:  Today, on Maury <i>(points at self)<\/i>&#8230;<br \/>\nWoman: My man cheated on me with my sister!<br \/>\nSister: You shut up you bitch ho!<br \/>\nMan: You both shut up, I am smirking because I done nothing wrong!<br \/>\nMaury: The lie detector test states&#8230;you DIDN&#8217;T sleep with her sister!<br \/>\nSister: See!!<br \/>\nMan: See!!<br \/>\nWoman: Damn, I&#8217;m sorry!<br \/>\nSister: I don&#8217;t care!  Keep your apology!<br \/>\nMaury: HOWEVER&#8230;the lie detector test also states&#8230;you DID cheat last year, 20 times!<br \/>\nWoman: Damn, man, you DIDN&#8217;T!<br \/>\nSister: Here, girl, let me hug you&#8230;<br \/>\nMaury: After the break, this woman who is blind but who SENSES her man is cheating on her&#8230;we have to help her out&#8230;<br \/>\nYM: ARGH&#8230;can&#8217;t move.  Can&#8217;t find remote.  Can&#8217;t watch Maury.  Can&#8217;t NOT watch Maury.<\/p>\n<p><i>Scene 3: Baby finished eating; now asleep in that half-sleep where if YM puts Baby in basket, Baby will wake up.  YM must wait until Baby is fully asleep.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>TV: You&#8217;re watching Maury!  After Maury, Jerry Springer.  And after Jerry Springer, another hour of Maury!<br \/>\nYM:  Help me I am in hell.<br \/>\nMaury: This woman has a 3-week old baby girl<br \/>\n<i>(picture of 3-week old baby girl with one of those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aldenandclaire.com\/bootie_baby.htm\"> frilly brain-bands<\/a> on.[does that site really suggest using the headband as a wedding garter? Is that what they&#8217;re suggesting?])<\/i><br \/>\nAudience: AWWWWWWW!<br \/>\nMaury: She says the father&#8217;s mother is interfering in their lives and told her son not to accept responsibility for his daughter<br \/>\nAudience: BOOOOOOOOOOO!<br \/>\nYoung TV Mother: He won&#8217;t acknowledge his daughter!<br \/>\nYoung TV Maybe-Father: I did!  I did!  I went to the doctor&#8217;s appointments and everything!<br \/>\n<i>(YTVMF breaks down in tears.  Maury goes over and hugs him)<\/i><br \/>\nYoung TV Maybe-Father&#8217;s Interfering Mother: She&#8217;s a liar!  A liar!  She had sex with another guy and it&#8217;s HIS baby&#8230;it looks just like him&#8230;<br \/>\n<i>(another shot of baby.  It looks like any 3-week old infant with a frilly headband on)<\/i><br \/>\nAudience: BOOOOOOOOOOO!<br \/>\nMaury: The paternity test says: YOU ARE the father!<br \/>\n<i>YTVMF and YTVM weep and hug.  YTVMFIM puts her arms around them.<\/i><br \/>\nYTVMFIM: Don&#8217;t cry for sadness, cry for happiness now!  Be Happy!<\/p>\n<p><i>Scene 4: Baby is asleep.  YM places Baby gently in basket.  Baby stays asleep.  YM shoots television with high powered rifle she keeps under the couch.  Baby wakes up.  YM doesn&#8217;t care.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene 1: 12:58 pm. 2.3 week old Baby sleeps. 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