Page 38 - North Star Magazine 2022

Ay?
Lucky us.
Something tells me he’ll be—
BOB
No, wrong again, Einstein. “A,” I believe, is the
second most common . . . Here it is: O-positive is the
most common, followed by A-positive, then B-positive,
then all their negatives—more or less in order,
depending on one’s race or ethnicity—get it? The
rarest blood type is AB-negative . . . Hmm, I wonder
what type--
What’s shakin’, Sherlock? RAY
BOB
Uhhh . . . nothing . . . Never mind. I see Albert
bequeathed the rest of his doughnuts to us.
RAY
And maybe his backpack. And his sign.
BOB RAY
DREYFUSS
Don’t move. This is a bomb.
RAY
Yeah, well, by the third or fourth doughnut, it’s like
eating belly bombs.
I said “Don’t move.”
He starts toward Albert, who
points the box at him.
DREYFUSS RAY
Just then, Dreyfuss bursts
into the room, grabs the box
of doughnuts, and begins
brandishing it as if it is a
weapon.