Another GO snippet.
Mar. 31st, 2004 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnyI am having entirely too much fun with this.
Bob
“Bob?”
“It’s a perfectly respectable name.” Aziraphael’s voice was defensive.
“Yes, but…” Crowley flailed helplessly, unsure of how to explain himself. Admittedly, Bob was a perfectly respectable name. And of a world of names to choose from, there were a hell of a lot worse than ‘Bob’. On the other hand, “…but not for a mini.”
“Why in Heaven not?”
Crowley winced, more out of habit than anything. How could he explain? It wasn’t so much the naming of the mini that was causing him so much trouble, it was the fact that Aziraphael had taken entirely too much time thinking about it; feet up in the back room of the shop, going through a baby-names book with a satisfied look on his round face. It was the fact that the mini wasn’t called Bob, but Robert; Bob was just its nickname. It was the guilt that ate at him because Aziraphael was lonely enough to do this.
“Look,” he reasoned, “I’ve had the Bentley for years, and that doesn’t have a name.”
“You could name it.”
“I don’t want to name it, you’re missing my-”
“I think it looks like a Susan,” said Aziraphael beatifically.
Crowley sputtered helplessly.
“Susan?!”
***
And yes, there is more to come... *g*
Bob
“Bob?”
“It’s a perfectly respectable name.” Aziraphael’s voice was defensive.
“Yes, but…” Crowley flailed helplessly, unsure of how to explain himself. Admittedly, Bob was a perfectly respectable name. And of a world of names to choose from, there were a hell of a lot worse than ‘Bob’. On the other hand, “…but not for a mini.”
“Why in Heaven not?”
Crowley winced, more out of habit than anything. How could he explain? It wasn’t so much the naming of the mini that was causing him so much trouble, it was the fact that Aziraphael had taken entirely too much time thinking about it; feet up in the back room of the shop, going through a baby-names book with a satisfied look on his round face. It was the fact that the mini wasn’t called Bob, but Robert; Bob was just its nickname. It was the guilt that ate at him because Aziraphael was lonely enough to do this.
“Look,” he reasoned, “I’ve had the Bentley for years, and that doesn’t have a name.”
“You could name it.”
“I don’t want to name it, you’re missing my-”
“I think it looks like a Susan,” said Aziraphael beatifically.
Crowley sputtered helplessly.
“Susan?!”
***
And yes, there is more to come... *g*
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Date: 2004-03-31 07:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-31 07:46 pm (UTC)Sadly I hadn't thought of that. Though there is a Discworld joke there... I so geeky. *g*
Holy St. Bobby...