Ugh, moving into a new place is such a pain in the ass.
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018 - GIG, PART ONE
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| Echo | |
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Ugh, moving into a new place is such a pain in the ass. |
| Echo | |
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What the hell is this?
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| Pippin | |
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We bought it from the Sharper
Image.
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| Echo | |
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A bidet?!
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| Pippin | |
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The catalog said it was a water-clock.
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| Merry | |
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This nice man was knocking on
the door, so I let him in.
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| Mobster | |
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Greetings.
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| Mobster | |
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Nice place you got here. Be a
shame if something happened to it.
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| Echo | |
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*gasp* It's the Fooksburgh
Mafia!
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| Moby | |
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See? Now look what you've done.
You wanted to go to a city that was a non-stop party but that no one knew about, and I said "Why don't we just go to Montreal?" But no. |
| Echo | |
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What, you think Montreal doesn't
have gangters? You think nobody ever went to the bottom of Lac Saint-Louis
wearing a pair of "poutine shoes"?
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| Echo | |
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Well, this is just great. If we
have to pay the Mafia for protection,
how will we ever be able to afford the all-Pet Shop Boys edition of Dance Dance Revolution? |
| Mobster | |
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You lookin' for a DDR machine?
Maybe that's something we can provide.
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| Echo | |
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Fat chance. There's a six-month
waiting list for the Pet Shop Boys machine.
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| Mobster | |
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Sure, if you go through the regular
channels. But you see, we can---
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| Mobster | |
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What's that sound?
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| Echo | |
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What, the monotonous ringing of
a single note, over and over?
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| Mobster | |
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Yeah, is that the smoke alarm?
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| Echo | |
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No, it's just the Edge, rehearsing.
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| Mobster | |
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Rehearsing?
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| Bono | |
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Hi! We're just getting ready for
a gig this weekend.
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| Mobster | |
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There must be a misunderstanding.
My friends and I control all musical performances in this city.
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| Larry | |
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But we're just playin' a few songs
down the pub. We're not even selling tickets.
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| Mobster | |
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I'm afraid, as part of the custom
of this town, I'm going to have to collect a reasonable percentage of
the profits.
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| Bono | |
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Uh huh. So, ten percent of---
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| Mobster | |
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Twenty.
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| Bono | |
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Okay, so twenty percent
of "nothing" is...
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| Mobster | |
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I am thinking that I will need
to change the established parameters of your "gig."
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| Mobster | |
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You will charge five hundred dollars
per ticket for admittance to the pub on the night of your show, twenty
percent of which we will collect.
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| Larry | |
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Five hundred dollars a ticket,
to see us play in a pub? Do you honestly think people will pay that much?
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| Mobster | |
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Let's just say I have a feeling
that enough people can be persuaded to attend, that it will be a sold-out
performance.
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| Mobster | |
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I'll see you gentlemen at the pub this weekend. |
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TO BE CONTINUED... |
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