Have you ever had whipped chicken?
"What?"
It's a concept I just came up with about three seconds ago. Throw some chicken, and maybe a cup of milk, into a blender. Then drink up. Mmmm, whipped chicken!
"Uh, no, I've never had whipped chicken, then."
Zow-wee! You don't know what you're missing!
"You've had it, then?"
Had what?
"Whipped chicken."
No, I've never had whipped chicken.
"But... what a minute. How do you know what I'm missing out on, then?"
I don't.
"But you just said--"
Did I claim to know what you're missing out on? No. I claimed you do not know what you're missing out on. That claim is entirely true.
"I'm lost."
It's really quite simple: I said that you do not know what you're missing out on. Is it true that you do not know--
"No, I'm not... I know what you're talking about, I just... whipped chicken, you say?"
That's right. Whipped chicken. Delicious.
"Now, how do you know it's delicious if you've never tried it?"
I don't know if it's delicious. Now I'm just trying to sell the stuff. It's an advertising technique; usually, if you say it's good, people will buy it.
"You're selling whipped chicken?"
Best damn whipped chicken in the state!
"But I thought this was a concept you just came up with three seconds ago. That's what you said."
Right... and who are you to tell me I can't make a living off of that?
"Off of the three-second concept?"
Yeah. And the whipped chicken.
"Nobody, I guess."
Good. Now tell your friends.
"Have you just convinced me?"
Yes.
"Hmm. I thought so."
© 1999 kyle t.
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