semicolons are for showoffs

two people.

jimmy : mikey! mikey!

mikey runs on stage.

mikey : what?
jimmy : look at this!

jimmy pulls up his shirt and does that wave thing with his stomach.

mikey : that's great; waving your stomach is a talent.
jimmy : i kno-

jimmy pauses.

jimmy : how many periods were in that sentence you just spoke.
mikey : i guess, if i were to write it out, it would have just one.
jimmy : but between great and waving?
mikey : i guess that would be a semicolon; a semicolon decreases period use and costs more in ink.
jimmy : oh.

jimmy pulls his shirt up again and does the wave; he does it halfheartedly.

mikey : that's really great, jimmy. really.

jimmy lets his shirt fall over his stomach. he looks at the ground.