A Meeting of Minds

© 2007 Ashleigh Mitchell

1st Man: Now here at the Rock we have two rules. Memorize them until you can say them in your sleep. Rule number one: obey all rules.

2nd Man: Rule Number One – ‘You do not Talk About Fight Club. Rule Number two…’

3rd Man: Rule number one … ‘Robots never harm humans.’

4th man: No, Rule Number One is ‘We don’t trade Code Names.”

5th Man: No, Rule Number One is ‘You Do Not Talk About Fight Club!’

6th Man: No, Rule Number One is “Never look in the package.’

7th Man: Rule number one: never hire friends.

8th Man: Rule number one: never do anything yourself when someone else can do it for you.

9th Man: No, Universal Rule Number One is ‘Do Not go Wandering Off.’

6th Man: No, Rule Number One is “Never look in the package.’

9th Man: No, don’t worry about that, trust me: ‘Do Not Go Wandering Off.’

slight pause…

10th Man: Uh, what about rule number one?

9th Man: Oh, by the way…’RUN!’