Author's Note: This came from watching Jeff Dunham one night. I own nothing, though Jeff owns his puppet.


"Scott, can you answer something for me?"

Scott looked up at his girlfriend. She was curious, something that didn't happen often when you could read minds.

"If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?" Jean asked innocently.

Ten seconds of awkward silence before Scott ended it. "What?"

Jean shrugged and started playing with a spoon, bending it like a boomerang and straightening it again, all with her mind. "I was watching TV with Kitty, and this ventriloquist guy came on. About halfway through his conversation with his dummy about fighting with their wives, the ventriloquist said that whenever he and his wife get in a fight, he thinks of something completely different. Then, he asks what color a Smurf would turn when you choke it. It was meant for comedy, but it got me thinking. Can you answer?" she added hopefully.

Scott was still processing this. "Sorry, Jean, I can't. I've never choked anything."

Jean groaned, then suddenly answered her own question. "They turn purple, of course!" she said, then kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks, Scott."

Scott shook his head as she walked away.