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Wipe Your Feet

Tess Lynch is a writer and a gentlewoman. You can read her essays at Grantland and GOOD magazine. Previously, her work has appeared on The Morning News, Salon, Granta online, n+1, This Recording, The Awl and The Hairpin.

Tess dot Lynch at Gmail dot com.

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  • Fake Dinner Party Conversations

    Christopher Walken: Have you ever thought. About? Adoption!

    Tess Lynch: Thought about it how?

    Christopher Walken: Tremendous! Amounts of homemade babies; they have no places. To go.

    Tess Lynch: Homemade babies?

    Christopher Walken: If you’ve seen, a baby, they’re — adorable!

    Tess Lynch: Are you saying that I should adopt a child? I’m not in the market for that right now.

    Natalie Portman: It’s a terrible thing, not adopting a baby when you could adopt one.

    Tess Lynch: Then why don’t you adopt a baby?

    Natalie Portman: I’m not getting into this with you.

    Christopher Walken: Hey. Please, hold on. Natalie. I’ve been noticing — an attitude. Don’t? Disgrace yourself.

    Natalie Portman: (gestures at Tess) She knows what this is about.

    Tess Lynch: The adoption thing?

    Natalie Portman: No. The vegan thing.

    Tess Lynch: What vegan thing? What are you talking about? You think I hate vegans?

    Christopher Walken: Hostility makes me unbearably uncomforta—

    Natalie Portman: Look, it’s basically my cause, and when you demean my cause…

    Tess Lynch: Demean?? I respect that it’s a personal choice!

    Natalie Portman: Nothing is a personal choice! Every choice has consequences! Your choices affect basically everything! Everyone needs to make smart choices! [her cell phone rings] Can you please hang on?

    Christopher Walken: Rude, I think, I’ve never seen the like, when a person can put a person in —

    Tess Lynch: Chris, I’m sorry about this. You know how she can get.

    Natalie Portman: Guys, I’m really sorry, my guru’s on the phone, and I have to run. I want to get the recipe for the wax beans. Next time?

    [Tess and Christopher exchange looks as Natalie leaves]

    Christopher Walken: Can I please offer you another? Kir? And then if at once we feel a chill…a fire, sure, it’s easy, I’ll light one.

    Tess Lynch: Actually, I’d love a kir.

    Tagged: fake conversations fake dinner party

    Posted on October 23, 2009 with 37 notes

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