BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – GEORGE ELIOT
Loon: Any minute now I’m expecting the arrival of the ghost of a writer called George Eliot to undertake the 3 question interview. Ah, I see shimmering. (Ghost of George Eliot materializes.) Oh, there must be some mistake. I’m waiting for a George Eliot. Who is it that you were, ma’am?
George Eliot’s ghost: George Eliot is my pen name.
Loon (looking up at ceiling): Am I supposed to interview a pen? Your pen’s name is not important. Who are you?
George Eliot’s ghost: Young man, it so happens that I called my favorite pen Etienne, but my own pen name was George Eliot.
Loon (blinking more than necessary): But if your pen’s name is Etienne, what is your name?
George Eliot’s ghost: George Eliot.
Loon (so befuddled that his legs cease functioning and he slides to the floor): But……
George Eliot’s ghost spins like a top until there’s not a wisp left of her.
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