Manny Lewis Page #4

It's just fun.

I got a little bit of the rim.

I didn't understand any of that...

'Rr-rr-rr-rp.'

- What are you looking at me for?

- You've got coconut...

You're not supposed to make eye contact

when you do it. Quite creepy.

Good.

You've got some coconut...

- Yeah. I want it there.

- Just leaving it?

- Yeah.

- For dinner?

- For Ron.

- Who's Ron?

Later on.

Boom!

You don't know that one? That's so old.

Boom!

Champion.

Loser.

Are you watching?

Tada!

What is it?

It's my trick. It's the Opera House.

- Oh, yeah!

- That was my trick, growing up.

Oh, right. Where'd you grow up?

- Gympie.

- Gympie?

Gympie.

- Parents still out there?

- Mum's still there.

Oh, yeah? What about your old man?

My dad, I haven't seen since I was 13.

Oh, right.

Shy and pretty girl

All the way

From Gympie

She packed her bags

And headed down to Sydney

She wanted to be freer

Mm

Maria.

That was very sweet,

you wrote a song about me.

Actually, it's about this other girl

in Gympie called Maria.

Bad joke, sorry. Yeah.

Um, so...

what do you want to do now?

I brought some soup.

I don't know if you like soup.

You made soup?

I love soup.

And I don't know if you feel like

watching a movie.

Yeah You brought a movie and soup.

Good guess.

Let's watch it.

She's great. We got along really well.

It was like a perfect date.

- Great!

- Well, not perfect.

There's always something missing.

Like?

She always has her hair up.

Kind of looks like a librarian.

She wears loose clothes. I mean,

what's she hiding, what's under there?

Who knows?

It's not the only thing.

The thing is...

I think she's beautiful.

She doesn't know it.

That's what I really like about her.

What is it?

You look great.

Really?

Yeah!

OK. Thanks.

Shall we?

Oh, no, this is going

to be embarrassing.

Come. Armando!

- Hey!

- Hey.

Maria!

How are you?

This is Manny.

- You're very muscly, very brown.

- Oh, thank you.

Are you enjoying it?

Yeah.

It's kind of like beans and meat,

really.

It's feijoada.

Fezh-what?

Feijoada.

Sounds like you're saying, 'Fish water'.

Aren't they great?

Yeah. No, it's good.

Bit loud, don't you reckon?

They offered me a spot on the boat

back to Hio.

Back to where?

Rio de Janeiro.

Oh, I see.

What?

I mean, Rio de Janeiro?

No. In Brazil, we say, 'Hio de Janeiro'.

I'm soh-hy.

I'm Hong.

So...

you going to go?

I'd love to.

I don't know. It's a fantasy.

What, who?

Did you always want to go to Brazil?

Well, they all seem really happy.

They know how to have fun.

Yeah, right.

- Hey, funnyman!

- Incoming.

- Can we swap chairs?

- Yeah.

If he comes over,

we'll pretend we're having an argument,

and he'll leave us alone.

What did you just say?!

- I was just...

- How dare you!

I don't have to put up with this.

I'm leaving.

Jesus! You don't hold back, do you?

That really hurt!

- Does it really hurt?

- Yeah. Ow!

She's thinking about going to Brazil.

And how do you feel about that?

To be honest, there's always part of me

that feels relief.

Relieved of what?

The burden of having a girlfriend.

You've got to deal with their sh*t,

you've got to listen to all the things

they have to say about you.

I mean, I don't need help hating myself.

It's exhausting, being a boyfriend.

But you know...

I don't want her to go.

So?

How's it going with the new girlfriend?

It's great.

I just love talking to her.

What?

Your whole face changes

when you talk about her.

Yeah, I know.

I've got that sick feeling though.

What do you mean?

You know,

when something good is happening?

What? Stop looking at me.

Don't be like that.

Hi.

Do you like kids?

Sort of.

You ever think about having them?

Jesus! Three dates,

we're having the kid conversation.

No, I'm just curious.

I'm not against them,

I mean, if the right person comes along.

I don't really think about that much.

Except their parents with their f***ing

eyeballs bulging out of their heads,

going, 'I haven't slept in two years!'

- It's him!

- Uh-oh.

- What?

- Incoming.

- What do you want me to do?

- Dunno.

Was that a real kiss or a fake kiss?

This is a fake one.

And this is a real one.

What did that feel like?

A real one.

I wish those guys would come back.

Let's go for a swim.

- Serious?

- Yeah, let's do it.

- No way!

- Come on, it'll be great.

- We'll get wet!

- Yeah!

- You go in.

- You don't think I will?

Go on, then.

What about now?

- I'm still not going in.

- Come on!

- I don't want to.

- Stop thinking!

Come on, it'll be fun.

Don't be such a killjoy.

I said, I don't want to!

Anyway.

Sorry for snapping.

I just don't like water.

Why don't you like water?

I just don't.

Can we just go home? So...

I'm OK. I'm just going to get a cab.

Yeah.

Bye.

People who have one-night stands,

some people have judgement about...

'That's disgusting,

sleeping with someone you don't know.'

Don't you think it's just as disgusting

to sleep with the same person

for 40 years?

'Good morning. You again.'

Performing live in a one-off special,

8pm Sunday night on Seven.

Hello?

Caroline?

Thomas?

How are you?

I've felt better.

Why, what's up?

Do you really want to know this?

Yeah. What happened?

This girl I've been seeing,

we had a bit of a weird fight tonight.

Basically, I didn't want

to do something, she kept pushing me,

and I snapped.

What do you mean, pushing you?

I said

I didn't want to swim in the harbour.

And she just kept going, and...

trying to make me do it,

and I didn't want to.

Maybe she was trying to be romantic.

Yeah, that's what she said,

but I don't like to be pushed.

I've just always had this thing.

I just hate getting wet.

Why?

Well...

when I was a kid,

I remember having a bath...

my old man coming in,

furious about something

and holding my head underwater.

I mean, I don't know what I done wrong.

It's kind of funny though.

Crying and blowing a bubble

at the same time.

That's terrible, Manny.

Yeah, I know. It was terrible, but...

Sorry, what did you...

What did you just call me?

Hello?

Did she call me 'Manny'?

Did I say I was Manny?

How would she know?

Hello?

Caroline? It's Thomas.

Is everything OK?

Well, I just found out something really

weird about the girl I've been seeing.

Mm. What's that?

I don't think she's being honest

with me.

I just feel like

she's not who she says she is.

I guess we're all a bit like that

sometimes, aren't we, Thomas?

No. I'm honest.

I'm sure you are.

Maybe she has reasons

for doing what she does.

Yeah? What reasons?

Yeah, so, meet the woman of your dreams?

I don't want to meet

the woman of my dreams.

I have nightmares.

She's going to have three heads

and a tail,

vomit coming out her eyeballs...

'Aaargh!'

Actually, there's an easy way

to break up with someone.

Next time you're making love to them,

just whisper in their ear, 'Mummy.

You remind me of my mother.'

That'll do the job.

If she stays after that,

then you're in trouble.

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