GEORGE SITS ALONE, AT THE END OF A VERY LARGE GARDEN OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN.
HE FEELS A BREEZE FROM BEHIND HIM. HE TURNS AROUND, BUT HE CANNOT SEE ANYTHING, WHEN HE TURN AGAIN TO STARE AT THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE OCEAN A MAN COMES AS IF FROM NOWHERE AND IS NOW SITTING OPPOSITE GEORGE DRESSED IN A RED SUIT. SMILING.
George
Who the hell are you?
Man
That’s not important, whats important is, who the hell are you?
George
What?
Man
Why have you been sitting here day in day out alone and depressed?
George
Who says I’m depressed, and whats it to you, this is my garden I can sit here for as long as I please/
Man
Its important to me, because I know your thoughts.
George
What? Jesus!
Man
It unwise at this time to take his name in vein. Take it back immediately!
George
What on earth are you talking about?
Man
Take it back!!!!
George
Alright I take it back. Now can you explain why you have turned up in my garden, and how you think you know my thoughts!
Man
I know your thoughts!
George
I know you know you have just told me.
Man
Ah then you admit it, I know your thoughts.
George
Yes, no I mean what? Hang on you said….
Man
Its not important what I said, its important what I know, and what I know I find disturbing. Right now your drowning!
George
No, I think you’ll find I’m sitting at my table in my garden opposite a strange man in a red suit. Now that’s disturbing.
Man
You fool, about 10 minutes ago you jumped over that fence there and into the sea, and as you have never been able to swim, its safe to say your drowning.
George
What on earth?
Man
I’m here to see if your worthy of death.
George
How can I be drowning when I’m sitting here.
Man
(Looking pleased with himself) Now that George is down to me, I’m here to see why you did it and to see if you still want death.
George
Say I slipped?
Man
You did slip you jumped. Remember I know your thoughts.
George
If you know my thoughts you know why I jumped
Man
So you did jump then?
George
I suppose I did.
IT STARTS TO RAIN.
Man
I fancy a coffee.
George
Follow me.
GEORGE TAKE THE MAN TO HIS HOUSE AND MAKES HIM A COFFEE.
George
There you go, so you’re here to stop from being dead.
Man
Well your not actually dead, your in the process I’m here to see if its what you really want.
George
Are you DEATH himself?
Man
Don’t be absurd, DEATH is my boss, he sends me off to do this, frankly I’m thinking of packing it in!
George
Whys that?
Man
Been doing it for thousands of years, the moneys not what it used to be, and frankly, I’m fed up of the whining.
George
What you mean?
Man
Well I’m assigned to suicides and to hear the same old shit gets on my nerves so much I wanna kill myself, but I cant cos I’m dead already and that makes me want to die twice as much. A vicious circle.
George
Sounds like it.
Man
Yeah well, that’s how things go, I have a friend who works for Satan, and he gets 6 weeks off a year, but I flunked the last interview. Anyways enough about me I have a busy day I haven’t long to get you ready.
George
Whats the rush?
Man
Tsunami later that’s a busy one.
George
I thought you only did suicides!
Man
Overtime! I need the money. Right on to you again, what the hell are you playing at whats so bad about your life?
George
I’m fed up. I'm lonely, I have no friends…..
Man
Wo wo wo, let me stop you right there, look at this house we are in, its beautiful, your garden overlooks the ocean. You have made millions!
George
Yeah and I’m still not happy, what does that say about me.
Man
You’re an idiot.
George
Your not good at your job are you!
Man
Pipe down, listen, look around you photos of family, your parents, your nieces and nephews. You have friends you just don’t appreciate them.
George
I don’t?
Man
No, your too self involved, you have to get yourself out more, you are not worth dying yet, your too important.
George
I cant see how.
Man
Listen I don’t have all day, I don’t have the time to explain, but in the end its your choice, I can leave you drowning in the sea or, I can make so you never jumped at all. You have 5 Minutes to make the choice.
George
What, that’s not long!
Man
I think you know already! But 5 minutes to make sure.
George
Why 5 minutes?
Man
I need a shit! (Pause) Better make it 10!
15 MINUTES LATER
Man
Sorry I took longer then I expected, big lunch!!
George
I don’t want to die, I don’t know what I was thinking, it was a spur of the moment thing please save me, please!!
Man
You have two choices, In my hands are two seeds, seed number one, you drown and you die, seed two you go back to sitting at the table at the end of your garden forgetting everything, but believing you can be happy and make the change. Whats it to be?
HE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND IN ONE HAND IS SEED NUMBER ONE, IN THE OTHER IS SEED NUMBER TWO. GEORGE GRABS SEED NUMBER TWO
DARKNESS
GEORGE IS SITTING AT THE END IF HIS GARDEN LOOKING OUT TO THE OCEAN.
HE FEELS A BREEZE BEHIND HIM, HE TURNS AND SEES NOTHING, HE LOOKS BACK AT THE OCEAN, HE FEELS HAPPY.
HE FEELS A BREEZE FROM BEHIND HIM. HE TURNS AROUND, BUT HE CANNOT SEE ANYTHING, WHEN HE TURN AGAIN TO STARE AT THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE OCEAN A MAN COMES AS IF FROM NOWHERE AND IS NOW SITTING OPPOSITE GEORGE DRESSED IN A RED SUIT. SMILING.
George
Who the hell are you?
Man
That’s not important, whats important is, who the hell are you?
George
What?
Man
Why have you been sitting here day in day out alone and depressed?
George
Who says I’m depressed, and whats it to you, this is my garden I can sit here for as long as I please/
Man
Its important to me, because I know your thoughts.
George
What? Jesus!
Man
It unwise at this time to take his name in vein. Take it back immediately!
George
What on earth are you talking about?
Man
Take it back!!!!
George
Alright I take it back. Now can you explain why you have turned up in my garden, and how you think you know my thoughts!
Man
I know your thoughts!
George
I know you know you have just told me.
Man
Ah then you admit it, I know your thoughts.
George
Yes, no I mean what? Hang on you said….
Man
Its not important what I said, its important what I know, and what I know I find disturbing. Right now your drowning!
George
No, I think you’ll find I’m sitting at my table in my garden opposite a strange man in a red suit. Now that’s disturbing.
Man
You fool, about 10 minutes ago you jumped over that fence there and into the sea, and as you have never been able to swim, its safe to say your drowning.
George
What on earth?
Man
I’m here to see if your worthy of death.
George
How can I be drowning when I’m sitting here.
Man
(Looking pleased with himself) Now that George is down to me, I’m here to see why you did it and to see if you still want death.
George
Say I slipped?
Man
You did slip you jumped. Remember I know your thoughts.
George
If you know my thoughts you know why I jumped
Man
So you did jump then?
George
I suppose I did.
IT STARTS TO RAIN.
Man
I fancy a coffee.
George
Follow me.
GEORGE TAKE THE MAN TO HIS HOUSE AND MAKES HIM A COFFEE.
George
There you go, so you’re here to stop from being dead.
Man
Well your not actually dead, your in the process I’m here to see if its what you really want.
George
Are you DEATH himself?
Man
Don’t be absurd, DEATH is my boss, he sends me off to do this, frankly I’m thinking of packing it in!
George
Whys that?
Man
Been doing it for thousands of years, the moneys not what it used to be, and frankly, I’m fed up of the whining.
George
What you mean?
Man
Well I’m assigned to suicides and to hear the same old shit gets on my nerves so much I wanna kill myself, but I cant cos I’m dead already and that makes me want to die twice as much. A vicious circle.
George
Sounds like it.
Man
Yeah well, that’s how things go, I have a friend who works for Satan, and he gets 6 weeks off a year, but I flunked the last interview. Anyways enough about me I have a busy day I haven’t long to get you ready.
George
Whats the rush?
Man
Tsunami later that’s a busy one.
George
I thought you only did suicides!
Man
Overtime! I need the money. Right on to you again, what the hell are you playing at whats so bad about your life?
George
I’m fed up. I'm lonely, I have no friends…..
Man
Wo wo wo, let me stop you right there, look at this house we are in, its beautiful, your garden overlooks the ocean. You have made millions!
George
Yeah and I’m still not happy, what does that say about me.
Man
You’re an idiot.
George
Your not good at your job are you!
Man
Pipe down, listen, look around you photos of family, your parents, your nieces and nephews. You have friends you just don’t appreciate them.
George
I don’t?
Man
No, your too self involved, you have to get yourself out more, you are not worth dying yet, your too important.
George
I cant see how.
Man
Listen I don’t have all day, I don’t have the time to explain, but in the end its your choice, I can leave you drowning in the sea or, I can make so you never jumped at all. You have 5 Minutes to make the choice.
George
What, that’s not long!
Man
I think you know already! But 5 minutes to make sure.
George
Why 5 minutes?
Man
I need a shit! (Pause) Better make it 10!
15 MINUTES LATER
Man
Sorry I took longer then I expected, big lunch!!
George
I don’t want to die, I don’t know what I was thinking, it was a spur of the moment thing please save me, please!!
Man
You have two choices, In my hands are two seeds, seed number one, you drown and you die, seed two you go back to sitting at the table at the end of your garden forgetting everything, but believing you can be happy and make the change. Whats it to be?
HE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND IN ONE HAND IS SEED NUMBER ONE, IN THE OTHER IS SEED NUMBER TWO. GEORGE GRABS SEED NUMBER TWO
DARKNESS
GEORGE IS SITTING AT THE END IF HIS GARDEN LOOKING OUT TO THE OCEAN.
HE FEELS A BREEZE BEHIND HIM, HE TURNS AND SEES NOTHING, HE LOOKS BACK AT THE OCEAN, HE FEELS HAPPY.
Haha, very good, I think Ingmar Bergman just had David Lynch's baby.
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