This morning:

[JASON gets called up to have his picture taken.]

PICTURE TAKER GUY: [Smiling.] Step into the blue box and face the camera. [JASON does so.] Ok, the camera’s going to flash in three seconds.

JASON: Ok.

[Pause.]

PICTURE TAKER GUY: [Smiling more broadly.] You didn’t get it. The camera’s going to flash in three seconds.

JASON: [Trying to "get it".] Um. Ok.

PICTURE TAKER GUY: No, you still didn’t get it. The camera’s going to flash in three seconds. [Smiling, waits expectantly for JASON to get it.]

JASON: [Still trying.] Oh, I see – the camera doesn’t flash, the bulb does -

PICTURE TAKER GUY: No, the camera flashes, like it takes off its clothes -

JASON: [Gets it.] Oh. Heh. [Start to mime unbuttoning his shirt.] Should I start taking my clothes off too?

PICTURE TAKER GUY: Ha. That’s funny. [Pause.] Ok, face the camera. It will flash in two seconds.

[Two seconds. Camera flashes.]

-FIN-