Bimmie Says By SYDNEY VAN SCYOC [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy Magazine October 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Bimmie says people are stupid. Bimmie says he can help them--but they're not really worth his trouble, Bimmie says. _June 27, 1982_ Bimmie said to do this, keep a diary. I said, Cows? He said, You deaf, woman? A book! Then I remembered, only I haven't seen one. It's for when he's famous. Then we can have it published anytime we need money. I'd better tell about us. I'm short, sort of cute, and I cook good. Bimmie's tall and skinny, he likes to eat. He's 18, I'm 16. We got married 22 days ago. Instead of a fancy wedding, Bimmie told my folks, Give us money. He needed the money for his laboratory. It's in the basement. It's what'll make him famous. * * * * * _June 31, 1982_ We got a cat and dog. They're black and two months old. I wanted red collars. Bimmie said, Don't waste my money, woman. Bimmie wanted them down in his laboratory. He said that'd be proper conditions. I said, No, I'll leave if you do and you'll have to eat capsules. The cat's he, the dog's she. Bimmie doesn't want them outside, ever. * * * * * _July 3, 1982_ We thought Bimmie's folks'd change their minds. But they said, Finally and conclusively, we won't. Bimmie says he doesn't want to go to college if they're stingy because we got married. He already knows everything important. He wants me to finish school. I can finish in December. I thought when you got married you didn't have to, just slept late and fixed your hair. * * * * * _July 9, 1982_ The puppy's Susta, the cat's Sup. Susta's jealous because Sup jumps on the couch, and she can't. Bimmie'll have to make pills for Susta. She hides from his needle. She'll be small. That's good, Bimmie says. * * * * * _August 17, 1982_ He just married me to cook! Every night he's in his laboratory. I'm always in this stupid, _ugly_ house. * * * * * _August 18, 1982_ Susta won't change for a long time. Bimmie has pills now. * * * * * _September 1, 1982_ School started. Frankie's still stuck on me. He says I'm sexy, that's why Bimmie married me. I said, He married me for my cooking. He laughed. * * * * * _September 11, 1982_ I felt funny again. I stopped by Momma's. She bets she knows what it is. She knew after ten days. * * * * * _September 15, 1982_ I had to ask the school nurse if it was that. She said, Yes, two weeks. I hope she's wrong. Babies are work. She said, But the fulfillment. I said, Changing soppy diapers is what you call fulfillment?