Um Yep, It’s Friday

::phone rings and Lois has a conversation with a heavily accented public relations person who seems to speak English as a fourth language::

Lois: Hello, Lois Lane.

Caller: Yes, um, hello, um, Lois.

Lois: Hello.

Caller: I’m Mimi Madeupname from, um, BlahBlah Corp. Are you, um, going to be at, um, SomeDumbThing next, um, week?

Lois: I’ve never even heard of that. Is it a conference?

Mimi: Um, yes, it’s like a, um, conference. Joe Schmo of BlahBlah is going to be presenting as a speaker on, um, topic, of Something Vaguely Related to What the Magazine Lois Writes For Covers, But Not Really. It would, um, be a good, um, opportunity for you, to um—

Lois: Not to be rude and cut you off, but as I said, I’ve never even heard of that conference, so I’m not attending.

Mimi: Oh. Well, um, are there any, um, stories, you are, working on, related to what BlahBlah, um does?

Lois: Nothing specific, but I’m sure we’ll do something.

Mimi: Um, BlahBlah is, um, a, um, leading something something, um something.

Lois: I am familiar with the company.

Mimi: Yes, um, I, know you, um, had a, um, briefing with BlahBlah. But I thought that, um, it would be, um, a good, um story for you, um, about, um, This Thing That Really Wouldn’t Be Covered By the Magazine That Lois Writes For.

Lois: There’s no angle for us there. We cover What We Cover.

Mimi: Um, yes. But, um, it, um, is, because you could, um, do, um this and this.

Lois: Yeah. I’m sorry but I really don’t think so.

Mimi: Okay. Than, um, I will, um, keep, you, um in touch, um for, future, um things.

Lois: Oh, please do.


Um, here’s a video. Happy Weekend!