When Harry Met Sally Page #2

You only think you do.

I have sex with them

without my knowledge?

No, they all wanna have sex with you.

- They do not.

- Do, too.

- They do not.

- Do, too.

How do you know?

No man can be friends

with a woman he finds attractive.

He always wants to have sex with her.

So you're saying a man can be friends

with a woman he finds unattractive.

No, you pretty much

wanna nail them, too.

What if they don't wanna have sex?

Doesn't matter. The sex thing is already

out there, so the friendship is doomed.

- I guess we're not gonna be friends then.

- Guess not.

That's too bad.

You were the only person

that I knew in New York.

~ You say ee-ther, I say either

~ You say nee-ther and I say neither

~ Ee-ther, either

~ And nee-ther, neither

~ Let's call the whole thing off

~ Yes, you like potato and I like pot-ahto

~ You like tomato, I like tom-ahto

~ Potato, pot-ahto

~ Tomato, tom-ahto

~ Let's call the whole thing off

- Thanks for the ride.

- Yeah. It was interesting.

- It was nice knowing you.

- Yeah.

- Well, have a nice life.

- You, too.

~ You like potato and I like pot-ahto

~ You like tomato, I like tom-ahto

~ Potato, pot-ahto

~ Tomato, tom-ahto

~ Let's call the whole thing off

- We fell in love in high school.

- Yeah, we were high-school sweethearts.

But then after our junior year

his parents moved away.

- But I never forgot her.

- He never forgot me.

No, her face was burned on my brain.

And it was 34 years later

that I was walking down Broadway

and I saw her come out of Toffenetti's.

We both looked at each other,

and it was just as though

not a single day had gone by.

She was just as beautiful

as she was at sixteen.

He was just the same.

He looked exactly the same.

FIVE YEARS LATER

Joe! I thought it was you.

I thought it was you.

- Harry Burns.

- Harry. How ya doin'?

- Good. How you doin'?

- Fine. I'm doin' fine.

I was just walking by

and I thought it was you.

Yeah, it was.

- You still with the DA's office?

- No, I switched to the other side. You?

I work with a small firm. We do

political consulting. Yeah, it's great.

Harry, this is Sally Albright. Harry Burns.

Harry and I, we used to...

We lived in the same building.

Well, listen, I got a plane to catch.

It was good to see you, Joe. Bye.

Thank God he couldn't place me. I drove

to New York with him five years ago

and it was the longest night of my life.

- What happened?

- He made a pass at me. When I said no:

he was going with a girlfriend of mine...

Oh, God. I can't remember her name.

Don't get involved with me. I am 26

and can't remember the name of the girl

I was such good friends with

I wouldn't get involved with her boyfriend.

- So what happened?

- When?

When he made a pass, you said no...

I said we could just be friends.

And this part I remember. He said men

and women could never really be friends.

Do you think that's true?

No.

Do you have any women friends,

just friends?

No.

But I will get one if it's important to you.

Amanda Reese!

That was her name. Thank God.

I will miss you. I love you.

- You do?

- Yes.

I love you.

- What would you like to drink?

- Nothing, thanks.

- D'you have any Bloody Mary mix?

- Yes.

No, wait. Here's what I want. Regular

tomato juice, fill it up three quarters,

then add a splash of Bloody Mary mix -

just a splash - and some lime on the side.

The University of Chicago, right?

- Yes.

- Did you look this good at university?

- No.

- Did we ever...?

No. No!

We drove from Chicago to New York

together after graduation.

- Would you two like to sit together?

- Great! Thank you.

You were a good friend of...

Amanda's. I can't believe

you can't remember her name.

What do you mean?

I can remember. Amanda Rice.

- Reese.

- Reese, right. What happened to her?

- I have no idea.

- You have no idea?!

You were friends. We didn't make it

because you were such good friends.

- You went with her!

- Was it worth it?

The sacrifice, for a friend

you no longer see?

Harry, you might not believe this,

but I never considered

not sleeping with you a sacrifice.

Fair enough. Fair enough.

- You wanted to be a gymnast.

- Journalist.

- That's what I said. And?

- I am a journalist. I work at The News.

Great. And you're with Joe.

Well, that's great. Great.

You're together, what, three weeks?

- A month. How did you know?

- You take someone to the airport,

it's the beginning of a relationship. That

is why I never do that at the beginning.

- Why?

- Because eventually things move on

and you don't take someone.

I never wanted anyone to say

"How come you never take me

to the airport any more?"

It's amazing. You look normal,

but actually you are the Angel of Death.

Are you gonna marry him?

We have known each other a month and

neither of us wants to marry right now.

I'm getting married.

You are?

- You are?

- Yeah.

- Who is she?

- Helen Hillson. She's keeping her name.

- You're getting married.

- Yeah.

What's so funny about that?

It's just... It's just

so optimistic of you, Harry.

You'd be amazed what

falling madly in love can do for you.

Well, it's wonderful.

It's nice to see you embracing life.

Yeah. Plus, you get to a certain point

where you get tired of the whole thing.

- What whole thing?

- The whole "life of a single guy" thing.

You meet someone, you have the safe

lunch, you decide to move on to dinner.

You go dancing,

you do the white man's overbite,

go back to her place, have sex, and then

you know what goes through your mind?

"How long do I have to lie here

and hold her before I can go home?"

"Is 30 seconds enough?"

That's what you're thinking? Is that true?

Sure. All men think that.

How long do you like to be

held afterwards? All night, right?

That's the problem. Somewhere between

- I don't have a problem.

- Yeah, you do.

- Staying over?

- Yes.

Would you like to have dinner?

Just friends.

You don't believe

men and women can be friends.

- When did I say that?

- On the ride to New York.

No, no, no, no, I never said that.

Yes, that's right. They can't be friends.

Unless both are involved with someone.

Then they can. I amend the earlier rule.

If two people are in relationships, the

pressure of possible involvement is lifted.

That doesn't work either.

The person you're with can't see

why you need to be friends

with the person,

like it means something

is missing from the relationship.

Then when you say "No, nothing

is missing", the person you're with

accuses you of being attracted

to the person you're just friends with,

which you probably are.

I mean, let's face it.

So we're back to the rule

before the amendment:

men and women can't be friends.

Where's it leave us?

- Harry.

- What?

Goodbye.

OK.

I'll just stop walking. I'll let you go ahead.

We were married 40 years ago.

We were married three years,

we got a divorce. Then I married Marjorie.

- First you lived with Barbara.

- Right, Barbara.

But I didn't marry Barbara.

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