Of Course!
09/03/03 Filed in: Balderdash
My agents are running low on headshots, so I dropped
off the last of what I had and called the repro house
to order more prints. For some reason, I have in my
notes that the contact person at the photo place is
named Ygor. (The company is run by Russian
immigrants, and they do a nice job....) So I ask to
speak to Ygor, and I'm greeted by a long silence,
then (in heavily accented English):
"There is nobody called Ygor here!"
"Um, okay, I want to order re-prints, so..."
"Where are you calling? Why do you ask for Ygor?"
"Yeah, look, I just want to get some more photos printed"
"We do that, nobody is Ygor here."
"Well, who is this?"
"I am not Ygor."
"...uh, alright notYgor, can I just order..."
"What is name?"
"Coler. C-O-L-..."
"No first name?"
"Douglas"
"Dooglas, how are you! It is Mikhail!"
Now, I know I've got a business card with Ygor on it. I keep it with the receipts, and it's also in my address book. But hey, if he's Mikhail, and he can get my order taken, I'm just as happy to talk to him.
"Dooglas, call me fifteen minutes. I will look for the file."
"Fine, Mikhail. But why do I have a business card that says Ygor?"
"Ygor doesn't answer phones."
"So you do have somebody named Ygor?'
"Yes, yes. He is lab guy."
I consider myself well versed in the Universal horror genre, and I am chagrined that I didn't think of that. Of course: Ygor is ALWAYS the lab guy.
It's still a mystery as to why I have Ygor's card. And since he doesn't answer phones, why he has a card in the first place.
"There is nobody called Ygor here!"
"Um, okay, I want to order re-prints, so..."
"Where are you calling? Why do you ask for Ygor?"
"Yeah, look, I just want to get some more photos printed"
"We do that, nobody is Ygor here."
"Well, who is this?"
"I am not Ygor."
"...uh, alright notYgor, can I just order..."
"What is name?"
"Coler. C-O-L-..."
"No first name?"
"Douglas"
"Dooglas, how are you! It is Mikhail!"
Now, I know I've got a business card with Ygor on it. I keep it with the receipts, and it's also in my address book. But hey, if he's Mikhail, and he can get my order taken, I'm just as happy to talk to him.
"Dooglas, call me fifteen minutes. I will look for the file."
"Fine, Mikhail. But why do I have a business card that says Ygor?"
"Ygor doesn't answer phones."
"So you do have somebody named Ygor?'
"Yes, yes. He is lab guy."
I consider myself well versed in the Universal horror genre, and I am chagrined that I didn't think of that. Of course: Ygor is ALWAYS the lab guy.
It's still a mystery as to why I have Ygor's card. And since he doesn't answer phones, why he has a card in the first place.
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