People Can Be Surprising: An Exercise in Cooperative Creative Speaking

An Exercise in Cooperative Creative Speaking Where One Person Knows That It Is Happening And The Other Does Not: Round One, A Glimpse Into A Saturday Night In The Bryant-Gentzler Household

"What should we write about?" - Molly
"I think it should start, 'People can be surprising!'" - Ryan
"What does that mean?" - Molly
"It just means that something interesting is coming." - Ryan

"People can be surprising . . . " - Molly
"When you least expect it . . ." - Ryan
"They will reach out and touch you. . . " - Molly
"Often when you are least expecting it . . ." - Ryan
"They will reach out and touch you . . . " - Molly

"Puppies make the world go 'round . . . " - Molly
"In both a literal and figurative sense . . .  The paws of millions of puppies stepping in unison - wait, scratch that - everyone knows that the paws of millions of puppies stepping in unison in the same direction create the revolutions . . . " - Ryan
"Of our time. Their perseverance and generosity and even their aerodynamic, waggly tails bring forth the magnetism and hope of future generations . . . " - Molly
"But did you also know that puppies are cute? and cuddly? Both in the USA and outside of it. In other countries that you haven't even been to, yet. Did you?" - Ryan
"Did you?" - Molly