Three scientists \u2014 Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli \u2014 and their assistant Igor work at NASAL. When they start showing interest in creationism, their superiors send them to a psychologist for evaluation. The psychologist, Professor Faggioli, is a shady character determined to get them fired by making them seem insane. The first to enter is Ravioli.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re in Professor Faggioli\u2019s office, where Ravioli is talking about how, back in afterschool care, he managed to avoid punishment by hiding fish in his backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: So, just to recap, you said your stress eating began with a nightmare, where a giant boiled fish was chasing you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Yes, exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: And you also said your mother forced you to eat things like broccoli and fish, which you didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: And finally, you added that at afterschool you were forced to do the same thing \u2014 eat fish and broccoli \u2014 or you\u2019d get punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Unfortunately, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: But eventually, you came up with a trick to avoid eating and still not get punished \u2014 hiding the fish in your backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Pretty much, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: But obviously you knew what you were doing was wrong \u2014 actually, two things: first, not eating perfectly good fish, and second, lying to your mother and your teachers. How did you feel about that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Well, of course I felt a little bad about lying… but definitely better than having to eat that garbage or sit in punishment for hours. And after a while… I got used to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: You became a serial liar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli (uneasy): I thought that term was only used for killers…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: No. It\u2019s also for liars. Serial liars. People like you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Okay, fine, no need to repeat it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Too late. Faggioli has already pulled the sock puppet out of his drawer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tony: Serial liar! Serial liar! Serial liar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: That\u2019s enough, Tony! Try to keep a professional tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli laughs to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Igor (voice-over): Professional tone? Maybe the psychologist studied\u2026 but the sock? Who gave him a degree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n …Oh, wait… now I get it: Tony\u2026 tone-y…<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n …Genius, Faggioli! Next time you\u2019re booked for my Friday night comedy show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n …Anyway… Faggioli says Ravioli is a serial liar, but he doesn\u2019t seem to like that label\u2026 \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe we should call him a “creative storyteller with digestive issues.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n