Gut Feelings
JOHN is in McDonald's. He orders two McDoubles with no toppings and no condiments from one of the self-checkout kiosks. JOHN watches the receipt as it comes out of the machine, makes a mental note of the order number, and then walks to the counter.
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JOHN walks over to a booth and sits directly across from his friend TOM BRADY. TOM BRADY has long black hair. He looks sick.
JOHN unwraps one of the hamburgers from its wax paper.
JOHN
I asked for no toppings.
JOHN looks at TOM BRADY.
JOHN
What kind of drugs are you taking?
TOM
Sominex, and, uh, Metamucil.
JOHN and TOM both laugh.
TOM
I think junk food is extremely useful during incredibly stressful and extremely turbulent events. I eat it all the time in small bites during large explosive events. McDonald’s sometimes makes me feel like a God. It's extremely useful when you're working on hard projects.
JOHN nods in agreement as he picks up the burger.
JOHN (eating)
I only eat it a handful of times per year, for birthday celebrations, weddings, those type of things.
A McDonald’s employee walks up to them and hands TOM a strawberry milkshake.
TOM (to JOHN)
You know, if you plug your nose and eat an apple, and then eat an onion, it'll taste the same.
The McDonald’s employee walks away.
TOM
Oh, our shower isn’t working. We’ve been having to take baths.
JOHN
Why?
TOM shrugs.
TOM
Bowls only had a bath for a while.
JOHN
Just a bath... You must clean yourself like once a--
TOM (interrupting)
Bowls was every mornin’. Bowlsman would get in the bathtub every mornin’. He’d clean himself and clean off his paintbrushes.
JOHN grins.
TOM
Bowls was in that thing with no windows in his house and it was like seventeen degrees out. Fuckin' cold as shit.
JOHN
You remember when Bowls kept mixing us up? He thought I was you.
TOM doesn't remember.
TOM
Be right back.
TOM gets up and walks to the bathroom.
JOHN pulls out his phone and opens BitChute. He clicks on a video and scrolls down to the comments section.
JOHN likes the comment "God was creative in seven days but look what mankind has done in the eighth."
JOHN continues scrolling and reads another comment "KLAUS SCHWAB IS A KID FUCKING MARXIST DICK LICKER." JOHN chuckles and likes the comment.
TOM walks out of the bathroom, drying his hands on the back of his pants.
JOHN
Which gym you go to?
TOM
Do weights in the garage, gym’s a waste of money.
A month later, TOM BRADY has a heart attack, and dies.