Whatever Works Page #8
Well, you know, nothing
lasts forever. Not even
Shakespeare or Michelangelo
or Greek people.
I mean, even as we're standing
here talking right now,
we're just flying apart
at an unimaginable speed.
- Gee, I never thought of it thatway.
- Yeah.
Should we be holding each
other so we don't fall?
Well, you have to hold onto whatever
love you can in this cruel existence.
Speaking of love,
I've been in love with you ever
since that first moment I sawyou,
and met your mother at the
Mogador Caf many months ago.
Oh, you're... You're...
- Did my mother...
- Randy James.
Oh, the actor! Of course.
I can hearyour accent now.
Oh, my mother talks
about you all the time,
and she's always telling
me I have to meet you
and I'm saying, "Why? Why
do I have to meet him?"
"But he's so good-looking!"
And, yeah, you are.
Thank you. I've moved to
NewYork permanently now
and I live in a houseboat
with a friend of mine.
- You live on a boat?
- Yes, I do.
I'm very romantic by
nature, so I live on a boat
and I read and think
and play my flute...
- Mom?
- Oh, be still, Melody.
There's nothing wrong with expanding
your horizons. I certainly expanded mine.
You knowwhat? I'm really sorry, but...
I think that my mother badly
gave you the wrong impression,
because I'm happily married.
No, no, no, no, no, no, she's not,
Randy. She's nursemaid to a roach. He is.
Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye, Mr. James.
I told you you'd get the hang of it.
Okay, you knowwhat?
Let'sjust stop. Let's stop.
- Let's stop. Yeah, yeah, yeah, stop, stop.
- Stop?
- Yeah. I need to sit for a minute.
- All right.
You know, I'm just doing it for the
aerobics, anyway. Otherwise, it's moronic.
I think it's relaxing.
Relaxing? What? Are you
kidding? It's too nerve-wracking.
To mingle with all those sub-mentals
on bicycles? It's like driving a car.
Those hostile, belligerent
morons all get driver's licenses.
Of course, to have children, you don't
need a license. No proof of anything.
You need a license to fish. You
need a license to be a barber.
You need a license to sell hot dogs.
You know, you read about these
poor kids, beaten and starved,
you wonder, why are these
parents allowed to even have them?
Okay, Boris, Boris.
You know, sometimes I think you're so
determined not to enjoy anything in life,
just out of spite.
You know, like a child
who's throwing a tantrum,
because he can't have his own way.
Wow! Listen to you!
That's a reasonably wise insight for
a simple-minded type like yourself.
Honestly. Yeah, you surprise and
delight me sometimes, you know that?
do without you, seriously.
What are you doing with that?
This? Nothing. I just
got it at the flea market.
- Who needs an antique handkerchief?
- I thought itwas pretty.
Yeah, but God knows throughout
history who blew his nose in it.
- Marietta? Honey?
- Yes, darling?
I think you should include these
photos at your opening nextweek.
- I love those photos. Al, what
do you think? - I chose those.
- Oh, you did?
- Absolutely.
- Sweetheart, you've managed to make...
- Thank you.
...an existential statement about
- sexual perversity and human freedom.
- Who? Yes.
- It's so full of erotic imagination.
- Okay, hold on a sec.
- Oh, thank you so much! Thank you!
- Marietta?
- Who is it?
- Somebody named Randy Jones?
Oh, Randy, Randy James.
Hello? Hello? Hey!
Young man, hello, hello!
Listen, she's going to be
at Uniqlo at around 3:00.
You can run into her and try your luck.
You know, she saved the handkerchief you
gave her, so it's not a hopeless cause.
And I'm telling you, I saw fire behind
her eyes. Fire. Yeah. Good luck, darling.
- Who was that?
- Oh, nothing. Come on, gumbo! Let's go.
Who'd have ever thought that gumbo
would become my favorite dinner?
All this and she cooks, too.
Oh, my God! Hello.
So I guess you just happened
to be shopping here. Right?
Well, I was buying this
shirt, ifyou must know.
You like it?
- It's okay.
- Just okay?
I thought it'd make me look dashing.
Looks aren't your problem.
Oh, no? What is?
You're too forward.
- I think about you a lot.
- Well, I don't think about you.
So what's it like being
married to a genius?
Who wants to know?
I'm sorry. I don't mean
to be a boor, I just...
Just that, well, you know.
It has its pluses and minuses.
Yes? And what are the drawbacks?
I don't know. I mean...
Well, naturally, with
a very advanced mind,
you find a lot ofthings
wrong with everything
and, mainly, he just
doesn't like people.
You know, he says at
the rate they're going,
they're going to make
themselves extinct.
Right.
It can just be exhausting being
around a genius all the time.
So what are the pluses of being
the wife of such a dazzling mind?
- Well, he's smart.
- You said that.
He's clever.
He really means well, you
know? He'sjust a little crazy.
I guess the good part is
that I'm the wife of a genius,
which I never really
thought I could swing.
Why not?
have to be smarter.
You want to see my boat? I mean,
my friend's boat, where I live?
- I don't think that's a good idea.
- I dreamt about you last night. I...
Don't use that line. Because Boris
said that he dreamt about me last night.
And I really doubt it's
mathematically possible
for me to be in two dreams at one time.
It's down there, on
the right-hand side.
Well, this is it. It's not much, but
it's home and I don't pay rent, so...
This is kind of sweet,
living on the water.
It rocksjust the tiniest bit,
so I sleep like a baby on it.
Randy, I don't knowwhat
I'm doing here! I'm married!
That doesn't mean I can't
have feelings foryou.
You don't really know me.
Yes, but I'm a romantic and I
believe in love at first sight.
Well, that's true. You know,
Boris says that love isn't logical.
And I adore the way you talk
and the funny things you say.
Where can it lead?
Let's drink to love at first sight.
I can't. When I drink, I get
very silly and touchy and...
That's what your mum said. That's why
I bought the bottle. She's quite a mum.
Don't use that locution.
It's for inchworms.
Sorry.
Is that you in the picture?
Yeah. That's me in Juno and the Paycock
I bet you're a really good actor.
I try. Although I'll never be a genius.
You certainly are handsome
enough to be a star.
Thank you. I'll cherish that compliment.
- Oh, my God.
- What are you thinking?
- Entropy.
- Entropy?
Yeah, entropy. Boris explained it.
It's why you can't get the
toothpaste back in the tube.
You mean,
once something happens, it's
difficult to put it back the way itwas?
I mean, Boris says
love is all about luck.
I think so, too, but
isn't thatjust because
we're young and we think
we're going to live forever
and then we grow old
and get diabetes, and...
Maybe.
Look, I do agree there's not much you
can be sure of in this world, but...
Have you ever heard of
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