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That phone is off

Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children
of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there
for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer,” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended
to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big
and expensive house in the country.
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for
Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the
telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone.”
Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure
Orientation : Dave was a lucky man. He suddenly became a very rich man
because off the death of his rich uncle who had no children. He inherited
his uncle’s money.
Character : Dave is not being kind to customers
Event 1 : Being rich, he wanted to set up his estate company.
Event 2 :He had his new office. In his office, he pretended to be a very successful
businessman. He acted as had an important client. He showed by making conversation on the
phone.
Twist :The man whom he showed is a telephone technician. He came to Dave’s
office to connect that phone.

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