For me it is "The Mcatrix Derided"
Blurb -
"Are you looking for Nemo? Or are you looking for No One?
Let's face it, these days, when thrilling, ideas-driven SF epics turn into lame action movies at the flick of a sequel and books like The Soddit by A.R.R.R Roberts become bestsellers, it's hard to be sure.
If this life, this bizarre matrix we're all caught up in beyond parody now?
Ooh no we don't think so . . .
Smurpheus pointed to a low table beside his chair. On the table
were two small glasses, each roughly the size of a half-pint cup. One
of the glasses contained a red fluid, and the other a blue. 'You must
choose one of these drinks,' said Smurpheus. 'Drink the blue drink,
and you wake up in your bed, where you can think this whole meeting
was a dream, and get on with your life. Drink the red one, however, and
you'll find out for yourself precisely what the McAtrix is.'
Gordon looked at the two glasses. 'What's the red drink?' he asked.
'Cranberry juice.' said Smurpheus.
'Right. And the blue one?'.
'Toilet duck.' "
Blurb -
"Are you looking for Nemo? Or are you looking for No One?
Let's face it, these days, when thrilling, ideas-driven SF epics turn into lame action movies at the flick of a sequel and books like The Soddit by A.R.R.R Roberts become bestsellers, it's hard to be sure.
If this life, this bizarre matrix we're all caught up in beyond parody now?
Ooh no we don't think so . . .
Smurpheus pointed to a low table beside his chair. On the table
were two small glasses, each roughly the size of a half-pint cup. One
of the glasses contained a red fluid, and the other a blue. 'You must
choose one of these drinks,' said Smurpheus. 'Drink the blue drink,
and you wake up in your bed, where you can think this whole meeting
was a dream, and get on with your life. Drink the red one, however, and
you'll find out for yourself precisely what the McAtrix is.'
Gordon looked at the two glasses. 'What's the red drink?' he asked.
'Cranberry juice.' said Smurpheus.
'Right. And the blue one?'.
'Toilet duck.' "