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August 11, 2010

#778: Scheduling explain

Scheduling

[A pizza delivery guy enters through a door and a maid is dusting.]

Pizza guy: Pizza delivery! Did someone order a hot sausag—

Maid: Mon dieu! Monsieur is home early—

Both: Wait, who are you?

Pizza guy: Wait, this is the Joneses’, right? Their daughter was supposed to be having a party!

Maid: No, I thought Mr. Jones was coming home early.

[The pizza guy is off-panel left as a plumber enters from the right.]

Pizza guy: But I thought—

Plumber: Howdy, Mrs. Jones. I hear you need some plumbi— Who are you?

[The pizza guy looks in a cabinet; the others are off-panel right.]

Maid: Sorry, big mixup.

Pizza guy: Hey, check it out—the Joneses have Agricola!

Plumber: I love that game!

[Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones arrive home. The pizza guy, the maid, and the plumber are sitting on the floor playing Agricola.]

Mr. Jones: What in the name of…

Pizza guy: Dammit, I wanted that grain.

Maid: Hush, you have starting player.