A dream I had last night

[jwgh]

I've forgotten some of the details, so this isn't 100% accurate, but I think it's close enough.

A bunch of Kibologists, including Matt McIrvin, samantha2074Sam Wilkinson, and me, were eating dinner at a restaurant. At one point, the subject of nutrition came up, and Matt mentioned the importance of getting enough iron in your diet. One of the other Kibologists looked unconvinced and proceeded to deliver a long harangue about the evils of the Dietary Iron Lobby as everyone else looked bored.

After this Kibologist had simmered down a bit, Sam turned to Matt and said, in a low voice, 'Perhaps they would be more convinced if they heard it from Baby Caley.' Matt nodded and left the table. After a short while, he returned dressed as a baby; he was wearing a set of pink full-body pajamas with attached feet. He proceeded to dance around the room, expounding on the virtues of dietary iron. Everyone was rapt. When we was done, everyone in the restaurant burst into spontaneous applause -- some people were even cheering and whistling.

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[pobig.livejournal.com]

I read this entire entry and was entertaining misgivings about how likely it would be that the patrons of a restaurant would really appreciate such an intrusive performance, and wondered if there was something about the restaurant I'd missed, and then I suspected it was a dream, and read the subject line like I should have in the first place.

[jwgh]

Yeah. I also posted the dream to alt.religion.kibology and got a similar response.

I should make it clear that the reason that Matt got the big round of applause in my dream was because his treatment of the topic under discussion was engaging, interesting, and convincing. The dancing around dressed like a baby girl was extra. (I was going to say it was lagniappe but I think the only person who can get away with using that word is Nero Wolfe.)

As far as forgotten details (not that anyone has asked -- and why would they?), I don't think think the discussion topic was actually dietary iron (but it was something equally dull), and the character name probably wasn't 'Baby Cayley', though my recollection is that it was an uncommon woman's name that started with 'C'. Well, close enough. I hope this has not been too disillusioning for anyone.

[samantha2074.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hi, Jake. I just found your LJ. The scary thing is that Matt would actually do this, minus the baby costume, of course -- that would require actual foresight and preparation on his part. But the dancing around and singing songs about dietary iron? Sure, I could see that. Okay, maybe not in an restaurant, but at home...

Thanks, Jake! You've provided new fodder for my fantasies!