Ball of Fire Page #21

- Yes.

1779

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- That explains everything.

- Break it up, break it up.

1780

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- We can't allow that.

- No, no, indeed.

1781

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Can't, huh?

What do you think we're here for?

1782

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But, young man, you see,

we all love this young lady very dearly.

1783

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Better look out. It's gonna spit.

1784

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What is going to... Oh, dear.

1785

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- Now, sit down, all of you. Sit down.

- Yes, we're... I mean, we're...

1786

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Ah.

1787

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Don't look so big now,

them eight big brains.

1788

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Not to me they don't.

1789

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You are under the impression

that you are big

1790

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because you have those firearms

1791

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because you know how to load them

and pull the trigger.

1792

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It would be interesting

to teach them the contrary...

1793

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Button it up, understand?

1794

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Hey, fellows, this won't take a second.

1795

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They're pulling a double or nothing

on that quizzola.

1796

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Three new questions. First.

1797

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"The sword of Damocles, was that a..."

1798

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Say, was you holding a meeting

or something?

1799

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More like a wake, maybe.

1800

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- Excuse me.

- Just a minute, Jack.

1801

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We got a loge seat for you,

right in the back row.

1802

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This way, please.

1803

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That's right.

1804

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ASTHMA:
Now, sit down.

1805

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Young man, your...

You don't mind if we talk, do you?

1806

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- PASTRAMl:
Just keep it funny.

- Thank you.

1807

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Your question as you came in was about

the sword of Damocles, I believe.

1808

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Yeah.

1809

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- But I'd just as soon skip it.

- No, but it's a very interesting subject.

1810

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- Never mind.

- Yeah, but I do mind.

1811

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I just wanted to tell you

that the sword of Damocles

1812

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was suspended over his head.

1813

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- Yes, by a single hair.

- Exactly.

1814

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Did you hear that, Robinson?

Suspended over his head by a single hair.

1815

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A constant source of danger.

1816

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Mr. Pastrami,

you know your history, don't you?

1817

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It's not one of my best points.

I never went in for that kind of stuff.

1818

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- At least, not very much.

- Well, I thought I'd just ask you.

1819

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- A very interesting lesson indeed.

- Yes.

1820

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Yes, indeed. I've always found it

a most absorbing subject.

1821

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But Mr. Totten is not suspended by a hair.

1822

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(SHUSHING)

1823

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ASTHMA:
Uh-uh.

1824

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No secrets, boys, talk upstairs.

1825

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- I thought you'd see it.

- Don't you agree, Dr. Gurkakoff?

1826

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- What did you say?

- I said, don't you agree?

1827

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Yes, yes, yes. A danger very often

overhangs the unsuspecting.

1828

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What kind of jive is that?

1829

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If you're gonna talk, talk so we can dig it.

1830

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Oh, I'm sorry. We'll try.

1831

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- Dr. Gurkakoff?

- Yeah?

1832

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What was that about

the Roman fleet and Archimedes?

1833

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I don't remember.

You know, it's not exactly...

1834

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Why, he set it afire

with the use of reflectors.

1835

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You can talk just as well sitting down,

can't you?

1836

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Yes, yes.

1837

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POTTS:
I find that vastly instructive,

don't you, Dr. Gurkakoff?

1838

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Extremely enlightening.

1839

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- Potts, you were saying...

- Yes.

1840

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Now if I... May I stand?

1841

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- Sure, if it's gonna help.

- Thank you, it will a lot.

1842

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Now, if I may have your attention

for a few moments.

1843

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Gentlemen,

you see your inferiority is a question

1844

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of the bony structure of your skulls.

1845

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- What's the matter with our skulls?

- Now, just listen, please.

1846

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Let us take

the glandular syncopation of your eyes.

1847

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Kindly look at me, both of you.

It's very important.

1848

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They are the doliocephalic and

the brachiocephalic

1849

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with a somewhat

Mediterranean estrafuge.

1850

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Now try to follow me closely.

1851

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Now, the double smorgasbord

of your chins, for instance,

1852

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convexing into

the cataclysmic protoplasm...

1853

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Am I boring you?

1854

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- I don't get it.

- Now, the latest centrifugal research

1855

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as performed by

Bronxville scientists has proven

1856

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that syllogism is enigmatic to prolonged

resistance, especially in the cavalry.

1857

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Now take your ears.

The totalitarian mastoid

1858

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of their basic lobes prematurely

extricated from the paranoiac agriculture

1859

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- and molecular cadenzas...

- Get down to it.

1860

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- What's wrong with us?

- Nothing.

1861

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You're just fine. Everything's fine.

1862

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Now, on one hand

we have the sword of Damocles,

1863

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and on the other hand we have...

1864

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Professor Quintana,

would you look up something

1865

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