Transcription: The Radio Station
I am a ridiculously fast typist, so I have transcribed this conversation word-for-word. Enjoy."Hallo?"
"Hey, Anyu-"
"Vhat dah story?"
"Great news, the Leeway Foundation gave me a grant to write some our family stories to encourage young people to talk to their grandparents and parents!"
"You know, I saw Cheryl de odder day, she got so fat. She's like 200 pounds."
"Mom, listen. I'm going into the radio station to read some of my writing, isn't that great? It tapes Monday."
"How do you know dat dis is a real radio station? Vhat if someone made it up so they could kill you?"
"Wow. I call to tell you happy news, and you jump to the worst thing ever. Quit worrying."
"So vhat are you telling the public?"
"So vhat are you telling the public?"
"Well, I was going to read a couple stories, you know, something funny about us. Maybe the cat story."
"Don't tell our bank account information."
"Okay."
"So a boyfriend is coming with you, right?"
"Well, uh, I-"
"How are you going to handle parking?"
"I was gonna-"
"You need to park at the garage where Stu used to park, he knew the cheapest places in town."
"Yeah, mom, that garage is across town."
February 14th,2009 Short Stories, Transcriptions | tags: Funny, nonfiction, Short Stories |
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