Batman Makes Sense.

Last Monday, at offices across the country, people gathered to compare notes about "The Dark Knight" and their opening-weekend viewing experiences. Miss Ossim's office was no exception, although one such discussion did yield the following rather remarkable conversation.

Boss: Did you love Dark Knight? I loved Dark Knight. What did you think of Dark Knight?
Employee: Oh my god, I loved Dark Knight. Heath was so amazing.
Boss: Heath was amazing, wasn't he?
Employee: Oh my god, he was so amazing.
Boss: He was totally amazing. Did you see Batman Begins?
Employee: I saw that and I totally didn't get it.
Boss: I didn't like Batman Begins. I didn't get it. I didn't get what it was about.
Employee: I couldn't tell what Batman Begins was about. I didn't get it.
Boss: Yeah, I turned to my friend ten minutes in and was like "what's this movie about? I don't get it!"
Employee: Yeah it was really... I didn't get it. I don't get what that movie was about. I asked my boyfriend a few minutes in, I asked him "what's this movie about?"
Boss: It was so weird.
Employee: It was totally weird, wasn't it?
Boss: But Dark Knight was amazing.
Employee: Oh my god, so amazing.

Now, lest you get the impression that the employee was repeating the boss in some sort of imitation-flattery ploy, let me assure you that neither one had any idea what the other person was saying whatsoever. They were simply talking at each other for several minutes, and it was a remarkable coincidence that nearly everything they said overlapped several times, bless their hearts.

Lewis Black has warned us that in such situations, we shouldn't think about it or else blood will come shooting out of our noses. Last Monday, I finally came to believe him.