The Camping Incident

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D: "Should we cook some food?"

C: "We got to get the tent set up before it gets dark."

D: "We still have a few more hours. Let's cook some hot dogs. They won't take long."

C: "Yeah, alright. Is anyone else showing up?"

D: "I don't know. Last time I talked to anyone they said they weren't sure what they were doing."

C: "What else are they going to do?"

[The two desolate campers huddle around the campfire cooking hot dogs at the end of sticks]

C: "I'm starting to get a weird feeling."

D: "Yeah, me too."

C: "Where'd you get the tent, again?"

D: "It belongs to Luke's brother. It holds, like, ten people."

C: "Damn. Are two people going to be able to put it up?"

D: "I don't see why not."

[Desolate Camper #1 loses his hot dog in the fire]
[Desolate Camper #2 loses his shit]

C: "Shit!"

D: "Get it out quick!"

C: "I got half of it. The other half is toast."

[Still sitting around the campfire, the two desolate campers impart their wisdom upon each other, and the forest around them.]

C: "Dude, is it getting dark?"

[Desolate Camper #2 looks up, around, and back at Desolate Camper #1. They exchange worried looks.]

C: "What time is it?!"

D: "8:00!"

C: "8:00! We've got, like, half an hour to get the tent up!"

D: "How did we lose that much time?!"

C: "I don't know! Let's get this up!"

[The two desolate campers frantically gather the parts to the tent]

C: "Why are there more than four posts?"

D: "That must be for the porch."

C: "What?! This tent has a porch? How does...what the hell does that even mean?"

D: "Yeah. Luke mentioned something about that."

C: "Uh, this might be more complicated than we thought."

D: "Let's just set up the main part. We probably don't have to set the porch up anyway. I think it's just a roof that extends out beyond the entrance."

[The two idiots begins assembling the main part of the tent. Unfortunately, they come nowhere near completing this task before darkness overcomes them.]

D: "So, now what are we going to to?"

C: "Well, I guess we can sleep in the car. Wouldn't be my first time."

D: "Me neither."

[The two desolate campers begin laughing maniacally. The pervasive, weird feeling. The absurdity of the situation. Whatever it is, they can't stop laughing. That is until they are suddenly enveloped by a bright, white light. It's just as they had seen it on all of those TV shows. You know, the one's about UFO's.]

C: "Holy shit, dude. This is it!"

D: "I'm ready!"

[The desolate campers grab each other's hand.]

C & D: "Take us!"

[A voice fills the air.]

What are you talking about? Why are you two holding hands?

D: "Huh? Who are you?"

S: "It's Sean!"

C: "Oh, thank God you decided to come. Where's everyone else?"

S: "They're getting the stuff out of the car. Did you guys get the tent set up?"

C: "No. We ran out of light before we could finish."

[Sean shines the light over the ground, examining the mess that is the tent. He starts to laugh.]

S: "Did you guys already eat those mushrooms?"

C & D: "Yeah."

S: [Still laughing] "When everyone else gets here we'll get it set up."

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The lesson here, folks, is simple. When you go camping, set your tent up before eating any strange looking mushrooms. Better yet, don't eat any strange looking mushrooms. Better yet, have awesome friends.

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