Fic: Proverbial Phrases
Two Big Bang Theory drabble challenges. I got Third Place for the first drabble and First Place for the second one.
Drabble One: Better sit beside him than in his place
“You're sitting in my chair,” Sheldon informs Zack.
“And?” The other man doesn't seem to get it.
“And it's my chair. No one sits in my chair.”
“Well, you're someone, aren't you?”
“Yes. What's your point?”
“If you're 'someone' and 'no one 'sits in your chair then you can't sit in your chair,” Zack points out.
Sheldon opens his mouth, but no sound comes out. He snaps it shut again, looking like he wants to refute the statement.
There is a short silence and the rest of the room waits with bated breath, wondering what his next move will be.
“Zack, Zack, Zack. Have you never heard the Old English saying, 'Better sit beside him than in his place'?”
“Well, sure. You can sit next to me if you want,” the broad-shouldered brunet offers kindly.
“That's not what I meant...” The physicist twitches.
“So what did you mean?” Zack asks, scratching his head.
Sheldon twitches again, looking like he's having convulsions as his right eye spasms uncontrollably. “Just give me my seat back!”
“Whoa, easy there,” Zack says as he relents, holding his hands up. “All right, all right. Here you go.”
Sheldon sinks into his seat, letting out a small sigh of contentment as all is right with his world again.
“Oh, by the way,” Zack pipes up. “You're wrong. The saying is an Irish one.”
Drabble Two: Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it
Out of nowhere, Sheldon speaks up, “You know what saying makes no sense at all?”
“Is this a trick question?” Leonard asks warily, cracking open his can of soda.
The other man continues as if he'd never spoken at all. “Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.”
Leonard considers the proverb, trying to test it out from all sides, views and angles. He can't come up with a single thing. “All right. Why doesn't it make sense?” he finally asks.
“Because everyone knows that once you add legs to a snake, it's not a snake anymore. It's just a giant lizard.”
End
Drabble One: Better sit beside him than in his place
“You're sitting in my chair,” Sheldon informs Zack.
“And?” The other man doesn't seem to get it.
“And it's my chair. No one sits in my chair.”
“Well, you're someone, aren't you?”
“Yes. What's your point?”
“If you're 'someone' and 'no one 'sits in your chair then you can't sit in your chair,” Zack points out.
Sheldon opens his mouth, but no sound comes out. He snaps it shut again, looking like he wants to refute the statement.
There is a short silence and the rest of the room waits with bated breath, wondering what his next move will be.
“Zack, Zack, Zack. Have you never heard the Old English saying, 'Better sit beside him than in his place'?”
“Well, sure. You can sit next to me if you want,” the broad-shouldered brunet offers kindly.
“That's not what I meant...” The physicist twitches.
“So what did you mean?” Zack asks, scratching his head.
Sheldon twitches again, looking like he's having convulsions as his right eye spasms uncontrollably. “Just give me my seat back!”
“Whoa, easy there,” Zack says as he relents, holding his hands up. “All right, all right. Here you go.”
Sheldon sinks into his seat, letting out a small sigh of contentment as all is right with his world again.
“Oh, by the way,” Zack pipes up. “You're wrong. The saying is an Irish one.”
Drabble Two: Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it
Out of nowhere, Sheldon speaks up, “You know what saying makes no sense at all?”
“Is this a trick question?” Leonard asks warily, cracking open his can of soda.
The other man continues as if he'd never spoken at all. “Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.”
Leonard considers the proverb, trying to test it out from all sides, views and angles. He can't come up with a single thing. “All right. Why doesn't it make sense?” he finally asks.
“Because everyone knows that once you add legs to a snake, it's not a snake anymore. It's just a giant lizard.”
End