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my money? We're goin' home!

- Who are you to boss me around?

- The one holdin' your money!

Give it back.

Now, get in the car.

All right,

I'll get in the car.

You win!

Come on.

Sucker!

I'll leave when I want!

I don't know how you can break

your mother's heart like you do.

I'm not doin' anything

to my mother.

Oh, no? Why do you think

I'm here for the summer?

Your mother was so worried, she thought I

might be able to talk some sense into you.

But you're too busy

being selfish!

What are you

talkin' about?

You're not the only one

who lost Buddy.

We all miss him...

but turning your back on

your family is not gonna help.

What's he got to do

with anything?

Looks like you're the one with

the problem forgetting my brother.

Why, just ten miles away...

down by the river,

there lurks

a den of the devil...

where liquor

and gamblin'...

and sin abide!

Snakes and serpents...

Hey, Scroggins!

You're finally preachin' about

somethin' you're kin to... snakes!

As I said,

snakes and serpents

take many disguises.

Let's turn to page 53

in our hymnal.

Yoo-hoo!

Big George thought

I might find you here.

If you give me a chance,

a chance to get to know you,

maybe it'll be fun!

Fun?

Idgie, just spend

some time with me.

Please?

Suit yourself.

You sure you

don't wanna back out?

It's not too late.

I'm sure.

Here, hold this.

Tell me now,

you like trains?

Yes.

Good.

We'll get along

just fine!

Boy, did we

luck out tonight.

Hop in.

Hop?

Oh. Give me

your hand.

Put your foot

up there.

Hold that.

Ooo-ooo!

Look at all this!

Don't you think we should get off

the train? It's startin' to move.

No. The fun

just started!

You all right?

Well, sometimes I get

a little dizzy lookin' down.

Don't look down.

What are you doin'?

Come on. Look.

They're throwin'

away food!

You talk about

"give unto others."

Yes, but this food

isn't yours to give.

That's church talk.

I've seen those same people

over at church on Sunday...

over at the river club every

other night of the week,

doin' anything

but pray. Come on.

More!

Give me some.

Okay, time to get off.

We gotta jump.

Jump?

Yeah, jump. The next stop's

five miles down the tracks.

I don't wanna walk

that far back.

Are you crazy?

You're not kiddin'.

Well...

I give up. Jump.

I'll tell Mama I'm not

a good influence on you...

You'll never jump,

will you?

Don't say "never"

to me.

Towanda!

You all right?

I'm fine.

I'm all right.

Ow!

Does this hurt?

Guess so.

We better get you to

a doc... doctor. Sh*t!

Which way is it?

About two miles

down the tracks.

All right,

let's go.

You'll never be able

to carry me that far.

I know.

Never say never.

I'm not carryin' you.

You're walkin'.

Thank you,

Julian. I owe you one.

Uh. Ow.

Aren't you ready yet?

What?

This doesn't have anything

to do with trains, does it?

You like honey?

Yeah, I like honey.

Fresh honey?

Yeah.

Me too.

There it is.

There what... is?

You'll see soon enough.

Now... stay here.

No matter what happens,

don't move.

What are you

gonna do?

Ah.

Here you are, madam.

This is for you.

Why did you do that?

You could have been killed.

I'm sorry.

Don't you want

the honey?

I got it

just for you.

It's all right.

I do it all the time.

I never get stung,

honest.

Don't be

mad at me, Ruth.

Idgie,

I'm not mad at you.

No foolin'?

Is it bad,

what I did?

No.

I thought I might

be crazy or somethin'.

No, no.

I've heard there were people

who could charm bees.

I've just never seen

it done... before today.

You're just a bee charmer,

Idgie Threadgoode.

That's what you are,

a bee charmer.

Here, you want

to taste it?

"Satan started to

laugh at Jobs devotion.

"He bet God that Job would

never have so much faith...

"if he didn't have

so many blessings.

"He went on and on so long and

so much that God finally agreed...

"to let Satan

put Job to a test.

"Suddenly, from bein'

on top of the world,

Job was plunged down into

the deepest pits of misery. "

Surprise!

Idgie Threadgoode!

Tonight we're gonna have

a real party.

Drink this... and then,

we're gonna play some poker.

I don't know how to play

poker and I never drink...

but thank you anyway.

Oh,

my darlin' Oh, my darlin'

Here comes the windup.

Burn that ball in here.

Burn 'em in here!

Right in the pocket. I

don't know how to bat.

And you don't drink,

either.

It's gonna be a spitter.

Hold the bat and swing.

Spitter?

- She gonna spit at me?

- She's gonna spit on the ball.

Swing that bat!

Take another crack at it.

I'm gonna take

another crack at it.

Get 'em in here.

Now run, Ruth.

Run!

Come on

around the bases!

Don't kiss everybody.

Run!

I have never had

so much fun...

in my whole life.

I even got a home run.

A clean one

at that!

A straight beats

three of a kind.

You know,

poker isn't half bad.

What's your mother

gonna say...

when she sees us both...

drunk?

You gotta stop worrying about

what people think. I know.

You've always done

the right thing.

You took care of your daddy,

the preacher, when he took sick.

You take care of all the kids

over at the church school.

You're gonna

take care of your mama.

And I'm gonna marry

the man I'm supposed to.

You gettin' married?

As soon as

the summer's over.

Oh, am I

gonna miss you.

This is

the best birthday...

I ever had.

Ruth invited

Idgie to the weddin',

but Idgie never did

write back.

No, but she did drive all night

to Valdosta, Georgia,

to watch from afar.

Oh, here we go!

And she swore

she'd never see Ruth again.

No sir! Whew!

Now, Mama Jamison,

you put that down.

Oh, my Lord!

During these next few weeks,

we will be learning to reclaim

our own power as women!

Hallelujah!

And tonight, we're gonna

begin to explore...

our own femaleness...

by examining the source

of our strength...

and our separateness.

Our vaginas.

So if y'all will just

slip off your panties...

and straddle your mirrors.

Ms. Couch!

Ms. Couch!

Um, I need to be excused

for a minute.

Um, Missy, could you come

with me to the ladies' room?

- Do you find this threatening?

- Uh, well, um...

do you have a problem with

your sexuality? No, ma'am.

But I do have a problem

with my girdle.

Cherish is the word

I use to describe

Hi, baby. All the

feelings that I have...

All right, fried chicken!

My favorite.

I don't know how many times

I wish that I had told you

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