IM conversation from minutes ago:
Fauxhawk: Jesus i think i'm just going to go home. ugh, u thr?...they shot the one that was still alive. they put up like a shield thing so nobody could see but obv u could hear it
Me: hello? what? shot whom?
Fawkhawk: see my text?
Me: no
Fauxhawk: you don't use your phone
Me: i just got out of 4 mtgs
(checks text message from Fauxhawk)
Two giraffes from the circus of Radio City or somewhere flattened by a city garbage truck on Madison Avenue. Still happening. One is still alive but r going to shoot him probably.
Me: OMG OMG that is so terrible
Fauxhawk: i know and so ironic that it happened on april fool's...
Me: wait - what were giraffes doing on the street?
Fauxhawk: walking from the stables on e 34th st
Me: OMG (frantically Googles "giraffes+new york+garbage truck+dead" for latest breaking news).
Phone rings.
Me: This is so terrible! What were they doing on the street?! They're dead?!
Fauxhawk: They were coming from the...wait. I can't do this to you. APRIL FOOL'S!
Me: You are a horrible, horrible person.
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