would give me some answers. What sort of answers? You know, like where it's really at. Jesus. What? That expression. Okay. I wanted to find out who the hell I am. You don't get answers like that from the classroom. Well, I'm not in a classroom all the time. I'll tell ya, the protests and demonstrations... are a learning experience in themselves. Protests against what? The war. Didn’t you hear about it? It was in all the papers. Demonstrations aren't gonna stop the war. Oh, really? Have you got a better idea? Look, I didn't drive all the way up here to discuss politics. Well, so far you've turned down sex and politics. Would you like to try religion? I think I'll try a Librium. Jesus. Ohh. Honey, why are you so uptight? That's another expression I hate. "Uptight"? There's no such word. You remind me of my mother. When I was nine, I asked her what "fuck" meant. You know what she said? "There's no such word." And now you know there is, you feel compelled to use it in every other sentence? What is bugging you? "Bugging" me? I'll tell you what's bugging me. The blacks are burning down the cities. There's a Harvard professor telling my kids the only way to happiness... is to become doped-up zombies. And I have a teenage son with hair so long that from the back, he looks exactly like Yvonne De Carlo. You know that's a sign of age, don’t you? What is? When you start worrying about the declining morality of the young. Besides, there is nothing you can do about it. We can start setting some examples. As I recall, when you were a little younger, you were not exactly a monk about that sort of thing. That was different. Our relationship is not based on a casual one-night stand. No. It's been 15 one-night stands. It's not the same. We shared things. My God. I helped deliver your child. Remember? Remember? I consider that our finest hour. - How is she? - Georgette? Ooh, she's very healthy, very noisy and very spoiled. Don’t you feel guilty leaving her alone when you go to school? No. Harry's home a lot. How does Harry feel about all this? Oh. When I told him I wanted to go back to school to get some identity, he said to me, "You want identity, go build a bridge, invent penicillin. Just get off my back." I always said Harry had a good head on his shoulders. That was supposed to be the bad story about him. How's Helen? Helen's fine, just fine. Hmm. Why don’t you tell me a story that shows how really rotten she can be? That's not like you. I know, but it seems like we need something to bring us together. I thought a really lousy story about Helen would make you appreciate me more. Okay. As you know, she has this funny sense of humor. By funny, I take it you mean peculiar. Right. And it comes out at the most inappropriate times. I had just signed this client - very proper, very old money. Helen and I were invited to his house for cocktails with him and his wife. Well, it was all pretty awkward, but we managed to get through the drinks all right. Then, as we were leaving, instead of walking out the front door, I walked into the hall closet. Well, that wasn't so bad. Anybody could've done that. My mistake was I stayed in there. You stayed in the closet? I wasn't sure anybody had seen me go in. Aha. I guess I figured I'd stay in there until they'd all gone away. All right. Maybe I didn't think things through. I was there a minute before I realized I had probably misjudged the situation. And then when I came out, the three of them were just staring at me. Well, it was pretty awkward, but I probably could've carried it off except for Helen. - You know what she did? - What? She peed on the carpet. She did what? Well, not right away. First, she started to laugh. Her face was all screwed up. She was holding her sides. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. And then she peed all over the carpet. What did you ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Огонь, кровь, звезды на английском - текст Король Лир на английском - текст Зелёный слоник на английском - текст В то же время, в следующем году на английском - текст Истребитель овец на английском |