I'd completely forgotten about this thread. Here, have a conversation:
1) Hey, how are you?
2) I’m fine, what’s-
1) Hey, listen, I just heard this joke – want to hear?
2) God bless you, someone’s in a hurry. Well, okay…
1) Yeah, yeah, yeah. See, there’s this ship-
2) All your jokes have ships in them.
1) This ship’s got a crew of three, right?
2) Small ship.
1) They’re a captain, the old mate and the down-to-earth sailor, who’s a little… well, he’s not the brightest apple on the tree, you get me?
2) Get on with it.
1) And they’re climbing up the mast, they’re all climbing up the rigging, when the ropes snap.
2) Oh no!
1) And they’re swaying in the wind, and the ropes are going. The captain says, 'One of us will have to let go, this thing’s not going to last much longer!'
2) Okay, and?
1) They’re all swinging there, and the wind’s getting up, and none of them say anything. They’re all scared stiff. But then, the mate speaks up!
2) Yes?
1) And he says, 'You two are young, and you have your lives ahead of you! I’m old, my wife died a long time ago,' and so on. And he cries and says goodbye and gets ready to let go of the rigging.
2) And?
1) And the stupid sailor’s so moved, he claps.
2) I see.
1) Get it? Cos, he claps, and he’s hanging on-
2) Yes, I understand. Unlike your fictional joke-sailor I am very much in command of my faculties.
1) But-
2) And I also happen to be of the naval persuasion myself – and to you, sir, I say, 'shame'!
1) But it was-
2) Shame, for mocking the backbone of this community! Why, without good, solid, hard-working seafarers, where would we be?
1) Well, I guess I see-
2) See? Well, it’s a bit late to see now, my friend! You’ve made your thoughts plain, that’s easy enough to see.
1) But-
2) No, no. I realise that a good honest sailor like myself isn’t wanted around a great joke-teller like yourself.
It's a little long, but I had fun writing it. Here it is in scripting format (though you may want to double-check it, and maybe tweak the rudeness values)
{conversationType=2, conversationName="NPC Sailor and NPC Vendor", conversatonLength=15
{message="Hey, how are you?", reply="I’m fine, what’s-", rudeness=0},
{message="Hey, listen, I just heard this joke – want to hear?", reply="God bless you, someone’s in a hurry. Well, okay…", rudeness=0},
{message="Yeah, yeah, yeah. See, there’s this ship-", reply="All your jokes have ships in them.", rudeness=0},
{message="This ship’s got a crew of three, right?", reply="Small ship.", rudeness=0},
{message="They’re a captain, the old mate and the down-to-earth sailor, who’s a little… well, he’s not the brightest apple on the tree, you get me?", reply="Get on with it.", rudeness=0},
{message="And they’re climbing up the mast, they’re all climbing up the rigging, when the ropes snap.", reply="Oh no!", rudeness=0},
{message="And they’re swaying in the wind, and the ropes are going. The captain says, 'One of us will have to let go, this thing’s not going to last much longer!'", reply="Okay, and?", rudeness=0},
{message="They’re all swinging there, and the wind’s getting up, and none of them say anything. They’re all scared stiff. But then, the mate speaks up!", reply="Yes?", rudeness=0},
{message="And he says, 'You two are young, and you have your lives ahead of you! I’m old, my wife died a long time ago,' and so on. And he cries and says goodbye and gets ready to let go of the rigging.", reply="And?", rudeness=0},
{message="And the stupid sailor’s so moved, he claps.", reply="I see.", rudeness=0},
{message="Get it? Cos, he claps, and he’s hanging on-", reply="Yes, I understand. Unlike your fictional joke-sailor I am very much in command of my faculties.", rudeness=0},
{message="But-", reply="And I also happen to be of the naval persuasion myself – and to you, sir, I say, 'shame'!", rudeness=0},
{message="But it was-", reply="Shame, for mocking the backbone of this community! Why, without good, solid, hard-working seafarers, where would we be?", rudeness=0},
{message="Well, I guess I see-", reply="See? Well, it’s a bit late to see now, my friend! You’ve made your thoughts plain, that’s easy enough to see.", rudeness=0},
{message="But-", reply="No, no. I realise that a good honest sailor like myself isn’t wanted around a great joke-teller like yourself.", rudeness=0},
}