Mum: You know what you need? A bit of tuberculosis.
Me: ... why do I need a bit of tuberculosis?
Mum: You could finish your book then.
Me: I don't think that finishing a book is one of the symptoms of tuberculosis.
Mum: Well, it worked for the Brontës, didn't it? They all had tuberculosis and they all finished their books.
Me: Yeah, and then they all died before the age of 40!
Mum: But they died having finished their books. I'm just saying. You should consider getting tuberculosis. Just a bit of it.
Me: ...
Mum: You'd have to be authentic, though. Call it consumption. Else it might not work.
Me: I'll bear that in mind.
Category: the brönte sisters
Career talk with my mother
Mum: You know what you need? A bit of tuberculosis.
Me: ... why do I need a bit of tuberculosis?
Mum: You could finish your book then.
Me: I don't think that finishing a book is one of the symptoms of tuberculosis.
Mum: Well, it worked for the Brontës, didn't it? They all had tuberculosis and they all finished their books.
Me: Yeah, and then they all died before the age of 40!
Mum: But they died having finished their books. I'm just saying. You should consider getting tuberculosis. Just a bit of it.
Me: ...
Mum: You'd have to be authentic, though. Call it consumption. Else it might not work.
Me: I'll bear that in mind.
Me: ... why do I need a bit of tuberculosis?
Mum: You could finish your book then.
Me: I don't think that finishing a book is one of the symptoms of tuberculosis.
Mum: Well, it worked for the Brontës, didn't it? They all had tuberculosis and they all finished their books.
Me: Yeah, and then they all died before the age of 40!
Mum: But they died having finished their books. I'm just saying. You should consider getting tuberculosis. Just a bit of it.
Me: ...
Mum: You'd have to be authentic, though. Call it consumption. Else it might not work.
Me: I'll bear that in mind.