Trump has not put forth any foreign policy plan. Instead, he seems to be taking his cues from Fox News and Twitter.
The New York Times, July 16, 2016
(The office of a Baby Boomer pediatrician near you…unless you live where there’s no internet and no cable TV.)
DOCTOR: YOU DIDN’T GO TO THE DIAPERING CLASS.
MISTY: NO.
DOCTOR: AND YOU DIDN’T ASK YOUR MOTHER.
MISTY: EWWWW…
DOCTOR: ARE YOU CLOSE TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER?
MISTY: GRANDMA ON SNAPCHAT? HASH TAG NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
DOCTOR: SO YOU’RE GETTING ALL THIS FROM…?
(Misty holds up her smartphone.)
MISTY: HELLO, DOCTOR. TWITTER. HASH TAG KEEP UP.
DOCTOR: I’M NOT SURE THAT’S THE BEST PLACE TO GET INFORMATION ON DISPOSABLE DIAPERS.
MISTY: HASH TAG MEDIA BIAS.
DOCTOR: FOR EXAMPLE, THEY’RE NOT ALL MADE BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS…
MISTY: HASH TAG FOX NEWS…
DOCTOR: AND ABOUT DISPOSABLE DIAPERS KILLING WHALES…
MISTY: YES…?
DOCTOR: JUST HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
MISTY: THEY JUST DO. IT’S TOO COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN IN 140 CHARACTERS.
DOCTOR: I SEE…LET’S FORGET ABOUT DISPOSABLE DIAPERS. MANY NEW MOTHERS ARE RETURNING TO CLOTH DIAPERS.
(Misty types into her phone. After a few screen swipes she looks up at the doctor.)
MISTY: EWWWW…
DOCTOR (chuckles): YES, WELL, IT’S NOT AS BAD AS ALL THAT.
MISTY: IT TAKES 100 GALLONS OF WATER TO WASH A SINGLE DIAPER…
DOCTOR: MAYBE IF YOU TAKE IT TO A CAR WASH.
(Misty holds up the phone again, this time so the doctor can read it.)
MISTY: AND THERE’S A DROUGHT.
DOCTOR: WHO IS @FLUFFANDFOLDWIZARD69?
MISTY: EVERYONE FOLLOWS HER.
DOCTOR: I CAN RECOMMEND SOME DIAPER SERVICES THAT ARE VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS. PERHAPS YOU COULD PASS IT ALONG TO…AT FLUFF AND…I’VE SORT OF LOST TRACK.
MISTY: HASH TAG SO BEHIND THE TIMES. WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE MOTHERS BEING POISONED?
DOCTOR: YOU MEAN BLOOD POISONING FROM STICKING THEMSELVES WITH A PIN? I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN. UH…HASH TAG.
MISTY: HASH TAG FREE TRADE. CHINESE SAFETY PINS ARE TIPPED WITH POISON.
DOCTOR: IS THAT FROM HASH TAG FLUFF WHATEVER?
MISTY: FOX NEWS. HASH TAG I DECIDE.
DOCTOR: THEN DECIDE ON WHETHER HE’S GOING TO WEAR DISPOSABLE DIAPERS OR A CLOTH DIAPERS.
MISTY: HASH TAG POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. HASH TAG YELP.
DOCTOR: YOU CAN’T LET YOUR SON RUN AROUND NAKED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. FOR ONE THING, IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. AND, FOR ANOTHER, HE CAN GET ONE HELL OF A SUNBURN.
MISTY: HASH TAG HATES NATURE.
DOCTOR: CLOTH DIAPERS ARE MADE FROM COTTON. THAT’S NATURAL.
MISTY: HASH TAG WHAT THEY WON’T TELL YOU. BABIES DIE FROM DIAPER RASH.
DOCTOR: HASH TAG. YOUR FRIEND FLUFFY STUFFY IS ILL INFORMED.
(The doctor gets up and opens his office door.)
DOCTOR: NURSE JORDAN, WOULD YOU COME IN HERE?
(Nurse Jordan enters. She wears neon yellow fashion scrubs complemented by Tom’s.)
NURSE: YES, DOCTOR?
DOCTOR: MISTY, HERE…
NURSE: MORE DIAPERING CONFUSION?
DOCTOR: WOULD YOU…?
NURSE: NOT A PROBLEM.
(She leaves and closes the door behind her.)
DOCTOR: NOW, THEN, MISTY…
(Misty’s phone dings. She looks at it.)
MISTY: EEEK. @FLUFFANDFOLDWIZARDDOESNTKNOWEVERYTHING SAYS THE WHALES ARE SAFE.
DOCTOR: IS THAT SO?
MISTY: HASH TAG OMG.
DOCTOR: IT NEVER HURTS TO GET A SECOND OPINION, AS WE DOCTORS SAY. I’LL HAVE NURSE JORDAN GET YOU SOME DISPOSABLE DIAPER SAMPLES…
(There’s a soft putt, putt, putt sound from the direction of Misty’s son.)
DOCTOR: …RIGHT AWAY.
(Fifteen minutes later. Misty has left the building. The doctor holds Nurse Jordan’s cell phone.)
DOCTOR: THANK YOU…MISS FLUFF AND FOLD WIZARD DOESN’T KNOW EVERYTHING.
NURSE: HASH TAG GET USED TO IT.
(The Doctor sighs and sits down at his desk. He opens up a copy of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, and seems lost in reverie.)
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