cryptonym

it's a code, isn't it? right? isn't it?
how should I know! it just showed up on our screen.
who sent it? is it from another solar system?
dude! slow down! I'm collating data here!
well collate faster! the future of the planet depends on it.
if it's a code, it's a nasty mother.
I better alert the president. right? shouldn't I?
shit! I don't know! aren't you in charge here?
right. right right right. I'm in charge. shit!
I think I'm getting a response.
you are? what's it say? what?
it's. . . very dense. but I think it's saying. . .
yes? what? what?
and pick up my shirts at the cleaners.
the cleaners? that's what this says?
or it could say 'we drop the bombs at dawn'.
hmmmm. I vote for the cleaners.
me too.