The whole room quietened as 501 ears strained to hear what he had to say. (Dr. Carelitz had only one ear, due to an unfortunate accident with a razor blade, thus explaining the one ear in the 501 ears.) Dr. Schitz felt claustrophobic as he listened to the deafening silence. He took a deep breath and blurted out the first thing that came into his head. This technique normally worked well, even if the sentence was idiotic and stupid. People normally read so far into it that it developed into a deep almost spiritual, philosophical statement.
The room burst into an explosion of buzzing, kicking the previous silence out of the door, leaving it sitting on its backside wondering what had just happened. Dr. Schitz sat back and lit up a 'menthol cigarette,' knowing that his job for the day was done.
Dr. Zitz and Dr. Titz leaned forward, obviously eager to discuss this statement further with their friend. Dr. Titz began the conversation, "Ja, das statement ist true. Ja. Ja." "Hmm. Life consists of missed oppurtunities. Ja. Ve live in a vorld of oppurtunities yet ve miss them." "Ja, I zee vere you are going, ja!" Dr. Schitz blocked out the noise. He wondered why his friends spoke English like that, always lapsing into their native accents and even into German, a completely different language. It wasn't as if they hadn't studied English. Both of them had degrees in the language. Hmm...you'd think they could speak it properly like I can, humph! Well, another philosophical debate started. It was a good thing I didn't # finish the sentence,