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One Namer Chronicles
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
by Gordon Mei (April 1999)

    Once there were five brothers who lived together in a town. Life would have gone normally if it hadn't been for their weird names. Their names were What, Who, When, Where, and Why. Every conversation with any of those brothers would end up as a confusing mess. Here's an example of another one of those conversations:

Passerby: Hello, who are you?

What: What.

Passerby: I said what's your name?

What: What.

Passerby: Are you deaf?!? I said WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

What: What!

Passerby: Sigh. You're hopeless. I'll talk to your brother instead. Maybe he has better hearing.

The Passerby went to Who.

Passerby: Hi, who are you?

Who: Who.

Passerby: What do you mean WHO??? You! Of course!

Who: Who!

Passerby: UGHHH!!! Never mind.

The Passerby then turned to Why.

Passerby: Hello, who are you?

Why: Why.

Passerby: Because I want to know. So what's your name?

Why: Why.

Passerby: What's wrong with you people?!?

The Passerby then turned to Where.

Passerby: Hello, what's YOUR name?

Where: Where.

Passerby: What do you mean WHERE? HERE!!! I'm speaking to YOU!

Where: Where.

The Passerby slapped his head.

    And it goes on. You can probably figure out what happened. And because of these confusing conversations, everybody in town thought the five brothers were really weird and stupid. But who is to blame for this name mess? The infamous One Namer. Yes, you heard me right. The One Namer. The One Namer had been sued many times in the past for poor naming that ruined lives. Fortunately, the five brothers had a good lawyer. The lawyer, named How, decided to call the One Namer and help the five brothers sue the One Namer. How, the lawyer, called the One Namer.

How: Hello? Is this the One Namer?

One Namer: Yes, who is this? And what do you want?

How: I'm How, the lawyer, and I'm suing you for misnaming several people. Your poor choice of names has ruined several lives.

One Namer: Oh boy! Not AGAIN! How much are you suing me for?

How: Um. Hold on. Where's my calculator? Ah. Here it is. Okay. Isolation. DOOT DOOT DOOT. Discrimination. DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT. Poor treatment from society. DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT.

One Namer: Well?!? How much?

How: Five dollars. See you in court tomorrow!

    "Oh no! How am I going to get five dollars in such little time?" the One Namer said. Well, the One Namer was already deep in debt. But the One Namer managed to take out a loan. So when, Who, What, When, Where, and Why got their five dollars, they split the money and celebrated all night screaming, "We're rich!" And the One Namer ended up in a cardboard box under a highway overpass.

The End

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