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I know nothing about sports. It probably shows. And it was written really fast, so pardon the errors. Chars don't belong to me.



"Why are you always listening to this?" Calvin frowned at the radio. "You don't even like sports."

The furious clacking at the keyboard paused as Jason stopped typing to look at him. "Huh?" He blinked. "Oh. The radio. The DJ amuses me."

"Huh." Calvin went back to his sketching as Jason resumed typing. A few minutes later he looked up again. "He's not that funny."

Jason laughed but continued typing. He finished with a flourish a couple of minutes later, spinning his chair around to face Calvin. "I didn't say he was funny. I said he amused me."

"Aren't they the same thing in this case?"

"Hand me the phone," Jason said in reply.

On the radio, the dj had reached the discussion part of his show, inviting people to call and voice their opinion on last night's game.

Calvin tossed the phone across the room, laughing when Jason nearly fell out of his chair trying to catch it.

"Can't you throw?" Jason asked.

"Can't you catch?" Calvin responded. They shared a grin, then Jason dialed the radio station.

Calvin watched him, "Call often?"

"Nah, just every now and then. If I did it all the time, it wouldn't be funny."

"Good evening and thank you for calling."

"Yes," Jason said. "I wanted to say I thought Marley's touchdown was just awful."

There was a pause. "We're discussing baseball, sir."

Jason grinned and covered the mouthpiece. "Looks like I'm busted already." He spoke into the phone again. "Oh. I mean he made a lousy goal then."

"Jason," the dj was obviously speaking through clenched teeth. "We're discussing baseball."

"Isn't that the one they play on ice?"

"That's hockey."

"Oh. So which one has the touchdowns?"

"That's football."

"So which one is baseball?"

"The one where they hit the ball with a bat."

"That's not croquet?"

Calvin was laughing loudly, listening to Jason torture the dj.

"It seems we've somehow lost our caller," the dj said abruptly as Jason jerked the phone from his ear.

He grinned at Calvin, "He hung up on me. They do that a lot. I'm always surprised it takes them that long." He held up the phone, "Wait for it..."

On the radio, the show had cut to a commercial break.

Jason's phone rang. "Hello?" Jason asked brightly. "What are you talking about? I've been writing code all afternoon. I don't even like sports." He laughed, "So go ahead and tell her."

He hung up the phone and threw it into his armchair, then plopped down on the couch beside Calvin.

Calvin shook his head, still laughing. "Friend or family?"

Jason grinned, "My brother Peter."

Date: 2005-04-12 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rykaine.livejournal.com
I was clueless the first few lines into the phonecall,and then it clicked--'Oh my god, he's talking to Peter!' So yeah... that was fun.

Date: 2005-04-12 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rykaine.livejournal.com
Does that mean I get a cookie?

Date: 2005-04-12 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

No. Haven't you heard? Cookies are bad. Even Cookie Monster only eats them sometimes now. It's not Cookie Time; therefore, NO COOKIE FOR YOU

Date: 2005-04-12 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rykaine.livejournal.com
meh I'm supposed to be not eating things like cookies anyway.

Date: 2005-04-12 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] twilight-angel.livejournal.com
Ha, ha, ha!!! Greatest thing ever. Although, it clicked for me that it was Peter when he called him Jason. Oooo...now, I'm getting terrible ideas because my brother's a DJ down at his college... Mwah-ha-ha-ha!

Date: 2005-04-12 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

Eh. It really wasn't supposed to be a big mystery.

Hee heee. Get'im good!

Date: 2005-04-12 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mailechan.livejournal.com
*chokes on water* Oh god, that was hilarious.

I knew exactly who it was as soon as he said "sir" and I almost died.

You made my day. Thank you sooooo much!

Date: 2005-04-12 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

^__^ Always an honor to brighten maile's day.

Date: 2005-04-12 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stardance.livejournal.com
Dude. I read, like, 5 years of FoxTrot straight a month or two ago and I didn't figure out it was Peter. *feels stupid*

That was funny, though XD

Date: 2005-04-12 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com
I didn't get it right til the end either. XD;;;;

But omg, hilarious. <3

Date: 2005-04-12 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

^_^ It's more fun for me if you don't catch on right away.

Date: 2005-04-12 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com
I just... wahahaha, Peter. XD XD XD

Date: 2005-04-13 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pleasance.livejournal.com
Same here, but I have to ask. Where did you get 5-years of FoxTrot from? And hopefully was it free?

Date: 2005-04-13 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stardance.livejournal.com
http://www.ucomics.com/ <--- I'm pretty sure I got it from here. You have to sign up but you don't give them any credit card information and you get, like, 10 days free. So if you're motivated you can probably get through the entire archive XP I gave up in 2001 or so. And it runs out automatically so you don't have to worry about cancelling.

Date: 2005-04-12 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melayneseahawk.livejournal.com
*cackles happily*

You continue to make my day.

Date: 2005-04-12 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

I aim to please ^_^

Date: 2005-04-12 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsaiko.livejournal.com
*howls with laughter*

I actually know someone who is a local DJ. All his friends would call in and do stuff like that. Only most times they never made it on the air. ^_^;;

Date: 2005-04-13 01:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skylark97.livejournal.com
XP !! That was just perfect. Classic. lmao! I love the way you write these two. I can so picture them both into bashing some organized sports, and in Jason's case, it's an added bonus in getting to annoy Peter. *snickers* You rock, you just flat out rock. :3

Date: 2005-04-13 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com

They're sooo much fun. I don't get why they're not a bigger fandom.

^_^

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