The persons & events
in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to
actual persons or events is unintentional.
THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES
In a bar
Frame 1.
AHMED: Beer and baseball caps make a good disguise, Mohammed, but
if we really want to blend in we must figure out American mindset.
That infidel on your left -- can you tell what's on his mind?
MOHAMMED: Are you kidding me? The guy's in an unholy stupor!
Frame 2.
AHMED: Suppose he weren't. . . What would he think if he looked at
us?
MOHAMMED: How do I know? He's an infidel!
Frame 3.
AHMED: See? That's what I'm talking about. To pass for infidels we
must think like infidels! Say, would you be able to Conduct a worldly
discourse without betraying your beliefs ?
MOHAMMED: You mean bullshitting?
Frame 4.
AHMED: I mean small talk.
MOHAMMED: Their small talk is stupid. One time an infidel asked me
what I liked better, beetles or stones? How stupid is that?
Frame 5.
AHMED: Beetles are cute. I like beetles. There were lots of them near
the cesspool at the training camp. Remember the cesspool? I would
sit and play with them for hours…
MOHAMMED: That's because you're a sissy.
Frame 6.
MOHAMMED: I hate beetles. No, me - I prefer stones, they're the rebel's
weapon of choice. Definitely, I'm a stones man.
Frame 7.
INFIDEL: Right on, dude! Me too!
A&M recoil, startled.
