"Are you absolutely, positively, unquestionably certain this... contraption... is actually safe?"
Julie looked over the tall silver machine once again, enormously skeptical at her husband's newest creation. Stretching nearly from the floor of the basement to the ceiling, the massive machine sported two doors, with a large panel of buttons and switches mounted between them. It was clearly large enough for most people to stand in, although many NBA players would need to duck their heads to get inside it.
"Indeed I am, and just to prove it," Andrew replied as he began to undress, "I'll test it for you."
"What!?!" Julie reacted from surprise at seeing Andrew undressing. "Just why are you taking off your shirt?"
"I haven't done tests including clothing. I'll need to test that later this week. But for now, I just want to test this on myself."
Leaning back against a wall, Julie folded her arms across her chest. slightly shaking her head in disbelief. "Either you are a brilliant genius, or you're simply a raving lunatic. I'm beginning to think you're much more the latter!"
"Would you prefer to test it yourself?"
"Definitely not!!!"
"Fine." Andrew continued to undress, his eyes drinking in the vision of his young wife. "But trust me, you won't be disappointed."
"Whatever," she replied, rolling her eyes.
At last, Andrew was fully nude, his clothes tossed onto a chair by his work table. "Now, here is what I want you to do," he said, motioning for Julia to approach. "When the LED lights switch from red to green, I want you to press the large white button at the base of the panel. That will open the two doors, and prove my success."
Julia sighed loudly, dramatically. "Fine. Just get in that damn thing and let's get this so-called 'test' over with."
"But first..." Andrew suddenly grabbed his wife by the shoulders and kissed her heatedly for several seconds before releasing her.
"Remember, the large white button." With that, Andrew entered the left door and closed it behind him.
*****
The LED lights finally switched from red to green, accompanied by a soft melodic chime. With yet another sigh, Julia slipped off the work table and approached the large machine. She pressed the large white button and heard the latches on the two doors simultaneously release. When nothing else happened, she returned to sit upon the work table.
The right door opened first, and Andrew stepped out. His eyes quickly scanned the basement, and when they fell upon his skeptical wife, he smiled. "I told you it would work!"
"Oh?" Julia crossed her arms over her chest again, clearly not impressed. "So why did you come out the right-side door?"
At that moment, the left door opened, and Andrew stepped out. His eyes quickly scanned the basement, and when they fell upon his stunned wife, he smiled. "Are you finally convinced?"
If Julia were a cartoon character, her jaw would have bounced off the floor, such was the extent of her extreme astonishment.
Andrew and Andrew both laughed good-naturedly at Julia's expression.
"Wha... wh... what in the world have... HOW!?!?!?!?!"
"Trust me," an Andrew said nonchalantly, "if I gave you the details, you'd be incredibly bored."
"On the other hand," the other Andrew said, "I have an idea."
The two Andrews looked at each other, then suddenly nodded in an unspoken agreement.
"Don't tell me you both can communicate telepathically!?!"