Idiots Burn Down Ben's Garage: A One Act Play

Setting: A gas station in the middle of nowhere in the middle of a dead afternoon. Two mechanics are reclining on a pile of tires contemplating life.

"I'm bored."
"Me, too."
"You ever thought about how odd mirrors are?"

Holds up a spare part rear-view mirror and glances into it.

"Yeah, they're real odd... especially when your reflection is in them."

"No, I'm serious... how do they even really work exactly?"
"Light refraction."
"You have no idea what you are talking about."
"So?"
""If I bust this thing on the ground into a bunch of little pieces and we look in it, will we see a complete reflection in each piece or will we just see one big reflection made up of all the little pieces?"
"Huh... wow."
"See what I mean? Weird, isn't it."
"Yeah, but don't break that mirror. We'll probably get fired."
"You've never had a deep thought in your life."
"Sure I have... I wonder about stuff."
"Like what?"

Looks over at a rusty gasoline can.

"Tell you what... hand me that."
"Ok, here."
"Ok, now watch this."
"What are you doing?"
"I've always wondered what would happen if you threw a match in a cup of gasoline. Will it catch on fire and burn off slow, or will it blow up?"
"I think it's going to blow up."
"I'm going to try it."

Fills coffee cup to the rim with gasoline.

"Give me a second... let me get over there first."
"Go on, you wimp."
"Ok, go ahead."

Lights match and tosses it into cup.

"Well, that's not so impressive, is it."
"No, it's pretty much just burning."
"I wonder why they don't let us smoke around here then."
"I don't know... hey, why don't you put that out before the boss comes back."
"Alright, hand me the hose."

Sprays hose on flaming gas-filled cup, sending a wall of flame across the garage and igniting the pile of tires.

"Oh, great! I can see the freaking headline now: 'Idiots Burn Down Ben's Garage'!"
"Shut up and get the fire extinguisher!"

Pulls the pin and sprays a mound of foam to douse the fire. Surveying the mess they have made in the garage.

"We should have just broke the mirror."