Our daily communications are texts of few words in them. Normally these texts are Doctor Who related in one way or another, be it a thought about a story that has passed, information on breaking news or that one or the other of us is watching an episode.
When I say few words, I don't mean to say that we text one or two words each and then are done for the day, quite the opposite actually. It's one or two words, send, reply, one or two words.
Lather, Rinse and Repeat
This will go on for hours, or for the whole day.
These texts will often highlight the one factor of my personality that is a constant and that has become a running joke between the two of us over the years.
My memory...
or should I say my complete lack of memory.
Basically, my memory is about as good as a TARDIS with a screen door hurtling through the Space Time Vortex.
Case in point, tonight's text was about Seeds of Death.
You texted me that you were watching it.
"I'm sowing my Seeds of Death" you texted.
some texting with inappropriate content occurs.
"Dirty Krynoid" is what I text back
"Seeds of Death are Ice Warriors" you reply Because I have confused Seeds of Death with Seeds of Doom.
I make another inappropriate comment in regard to a character named Toberman
"That's Tomb of the Cybermen dear" you reply
"Crack open and Ice Cold Warrior " I reply
"Sam Elliot" you say
"Thats the one with the soap bubbles right?" I text to clarify things
"yup" you agree.
Sadly, It takes me a few tries to get it right, yeah, I always confuse the two stories Seeds of Death and Seeds of Doom...not because the stories are similar, its just because I can't ever remember which story is which. This time, I added the extra bonus of throwing a 3rd story into the mix to confuse myself even further.
The interjection of Sam Elliot is just your way of commenting that my memory is faulty. Inside joke to this is that we were once, a long time ago, speaking of a movie. I couldn't remember the actors name in it. I couldn't remember if he was Sam Elliot or Sam Neill. Speaking about this now, I can't remember if we were talking about the Hulk with Sam Elliot playing General Ross, or about Event Horizon with Same Neil(I had to look up the name of the S.N. movie while typing this because shockingly, I couldn't remember the name of it)
Perhaps I should start keeping a diary, it worked for the Doctor, he was able to reflect back into his 500 year diary to check things out. At 41 I sure wish I could remember more. At this rate, I most likely won't remember a thing by the time I get to my next regeneration.
Time and tide melt the snowman
oops, I mean, time will tell.
At least I know I will have you there to point out my mistakes of the mind, either by giving me the information I need... or by smartly and smugly just uttering
"Sam Elliot" to me
-Bill
Seeds of Death, Black & White, 1960's 2nd Doctor
Tomb of the Cybermen, Black & White, 1960's, 2nd Doctor
Yeah, they may both have the words "Seeds"in the title, but they are nothing alike and are years apart. I am going to stress that since I was being clever and inappropriate with my text about the character of Toberman, I just got mixed up...since they were both 2nd Doctor stories and were both in B&W.
That's my story and I am sticking with it, for at least as long as I can remember
-B
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