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11.7.06

A LARGE RUBE GOLBERG DEVICE is onstage. A and B stand near it. A gets down on one knee.

A
Whaddaya say? Do you love me?

B
Hang on one sec.

B somehow activates the LARGE RUBE GOLBERG DEVICE. Many bells and whistles are poked, prodded and overturned over the course of quite some time. Some of the elements of the device include any number of the following:

BARBIE DOLLS

VALENTINES

A LARGE INFLATABLE BALL

WATER BALOONS

A JAR OF BUTTERFLIES

AN AUTOMATED MARIACHI BAND THAT PLAYS A SONG OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS

A STRING WITH A CANDLE BENEATH IT

LOTS OF CRISPY SOUNDS (E.G. MARBLES ROLLING AROUND A WOODEN BOX, ETC.)

FLOWERS

PANCAKES THAT FLIP THEMSELVES

THE STUFF OF YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION.

Eventually, the LARGE RUBE GOLBERG DEVICE winds down to its last stop; a kitschy dispenser of a tiny piece of paper, which B procures after the device has stopped. B reads the paper.

B
Nope, sorry.

OR

I guess…