Wednesday 30 October 2019

Liar’s Poker — Clowns to The Left of Me, Jokers to The Right


We're just gonna sit here and bleed... 
'til Joe Cabot sticks his fuckin' head through that door. 




ORANGE :
Say 'Hello.' to a motherfucker Who's Inside. 
Cabot's doing A Job.
He wants Me on The Team

Control :
This better not 
be  A Joke. 

ORANGE :
This ain't A Joke.


I'm in. I'm up his ass
Nice Guy Eddie tells me Joe wants to meet me;  
He says I should just wait for a phone call -- 
After waiting three days he calls me last night 
and says Joe's ready.
He'll pick me up in 10 minutes.

Control :
Who picked you up? 

ORANGE :
Nice Guy. We get to a bar.

Control :
What bar? 

ORANGE :
Smokey Pete's in Gardena. 
We get there... and I meet Joe 
and a guy named 
Mr. White. Phony name.
My Name's Mr. Orange.

Control :
Mr. Orange?

ORANGE :
Mr. Orange. 

Control :
Okay, Mr. Orange.
You ever see this 
motherfucker before?

ORANGE :
Who? Mr. White? 

Control :
Yes. Mr. White. 

ORANGE :
No. He ain't one of Cabot's men either.
He's gotta be from out of town.
Joe knows him good.

Control :
How can you tell

ORANGE :
The way they talk.
You can tell they're buddies.

Control :
You two talk?

ORANGE :
Me and Joe? 

Control :
Mr. White.

ORANGE :
A little.

Control :
About what? 

ORANGE :
The Brewers. 

Control :
Milwaukee Brewers? 

ORANGE :
They won the night before.
He made some money off them. 

Control :
Good. If this crook's a Brewers fan
his ass has gotta be from Wisconsin. 
And I'll bet you everything. they 
got a sheet in Milwaukee on 
this Mr. White's ass. 

So I want you to go through everybody 
in Milwaukee with a history 
of armed robbery and put 
A Name to The Face.
Nice work, Freddy.

ORANGE :
Thank you, my man.

Control :
How was Long Beach Mike's referral?

ORANGE :
Perfect. His backing me up went a long way.
I told them I played poker with him. 
Nice Guy checked it out 
and said it was A-okay. 
Said I was a good Thief,
I didn't rattle... and that 
I was ready to move

He's a Good Guy.
I wouldn't be inside 
without him. 

Control :
No, noLong Beach Mike is not your friend
Long Beach Mike is a fucking scumbag

He's selling out his amigos --
That's how nice he fuckin' is. 

I'll take care of his ass... 
but you get that scumbag 
out of mind and Take 
Care of Business. 

ORANGE :
Gone

Control :
...........Use The 
Commode Story.


ORANGE :
What's The Commode Story?



Control :
It's a scene
Memorise it. 

ORANGE :
A what?



Control :
An undercover cop's 
gotta be Marlon Brando. 

To Do This Job, You gotta be 
a great actor, naturalistic
You gotta be naturalistic as hell

If You're a bad actor, that's 
bullshit in this job. 

ORANGE :
What is this? 

Control :
That's an amusing anecdote 
about a drug deal

Something funny that happened to you 
while you were Doing A Job. 

ORANGE :
I gotta memorise all this?
There's four pages of this shit. 



Control :
Think about it like it's A Joke. 
Memorise what's important.
The rest you make your own. 

You can Tell a 
Joke, can't you? 
Well, pretend you're Don Rickles, 
and Tell a Joke, all right? 

The things you gotta remember 
are the details. 
The details sell your story. 

This particular story takes place in a men's room. 
You gotta know all the details-- 

Whether they got paper towels 
or a blower to dry your hands. 
You gotta know if the stalls ain't got no doors or not. 
You gotta know if they got liquid soap or that pink, granulated shit... they used in high school. 
You gotta know if they got hot water or not, if it stinks... 
if some nasty, lowlife, scum-ridden motherfucker... sprayed diarrhea all over one of the bowls. 

You gotta know every detail there 
is to know about this commode. 

What you gotta do is take all 
them details and 
make 'em your own. 

While you're doing that, remember 
that this story is about you... 
and how you perceived the events 
that went down. 

The only way to Do That... is keep 
sayin' it... and sayin' it 
and sayin' it. 

ORANGE :
This is during the L.A. marijuana drought, 
I still had a connection, which was insane 'cause... 
you couldn't get any weed anywhere then. 
Anyway, I had a connection with this hippie chick in Santa Cruz... and all my friends knew it. 

They call me and say,
"Hey, Freddy--" 

*FAILED*

They say, 
"Hey, dude — You gettin' some? 
Can you get some for me too?" 

They knew I still smoked, so they asked me to buy some for them. 
It got to be-- Every time I bought some weed I was buyin' for four or five people.

 Finally I said, fuck this shit.
I'm makin' this bitch rich. She didn't even have to meet these people. 
I was doing all the work. 

That got to be a pain in the ass, people calling all the time. 
I couldn't even rent a tape without six fuckin' interruptions. 

"When's the next time you're gettin' some?" 

"Motherfucker!I'm tryin' to watch The Lost Boys!
When I get some, I'll call you." 

Then these rink-a-dink potheads come by. 

They're my friends and everything, but still-- I got it laid out in -dollar bags, they don't want dollars worth. 

They want ten dollars' worth, and breaking it up wasn't easy. 
I don't even know what ten dollars' worth looks like. 

This was a very weird situation. Remember back in ' ... there was a major fuckin' drought. 
Nobody had anything. People were livin' on resin, smokin' the wood in their pipes. 

This chick had a bunch and she's beggin' me to sell it. 

So I told her I wasn't gonna be Joe the pot man anymore... but I would take a little bit
and sell it to my close friends. 

She agreed and we kept the same arrangement as before-- ten percent and free pot for me... if I helped her that weekend. 

She was sellin' a brick of weed and didn't wanna go to the buy alone. Her brother usually goes with her, but he's in County unexpectedly. 

What for? His traffic tickets gone to warrant. 
They stopped him, found warrants on him, took him to County. 

She doesn't wanna walk around alone with all that weed. 
I don't wanna do this.
I have a very bad feeling about it. 
She keeps asking me, asking me. 

Finally I said okay 'cause I'm sick of hearing it. 

So we go to the train station--


JOE CABOT :
Wait. You're goin' to the train station with the weed on ya? 

ORANGE :
Yeah, The guy needed it right away. 
Anyway, we get to the train station... and we're waitin' for the guy. 

I'm carryin' the weed in a carry-on bag. 
I gotta take a piss, so I tell her I'm goin' to the boy's room. 
So I walk into the men's room and who's standing there? 
Four Los Angeles County sheriffs and a German shepherd. 


NICE GUY EDDIE :
They're waitin' for you?

ORANGE :
No, they're just four guys standing around in a Men's Room talkin'. 
And when I walked in, they all stopped talkin'... and they looked at me. 

JOE CABOT :
That's hard.
That's a fuckin' hard situation. 

ORANGE :
German shepherd starts barking. 
He's barkin' at me. I mean, it's obvious he's barkin' at me
Every nerve ending, all of my senses, the blood in the veins was screamin': 

"Take off, man. Just bail. Get the fuck outta there." 

Panic hits me like a bucket of water. Bam! 

Right in the face. I'm drenched in panic and these cops are lookin' at me and they know it. 

They can smell it,sure as that fuckin' dog can. They can smell it on me. 

"Shut up. So anyway,
I got my gun drawn. I point it at this guy
and I tell him... 

"Freeze.Don't fuckin' move." 

This little idiot's looking right at me and saying... 

"I know, I know." 

But meanwhile his right hand
is creepin' toward the glove box. I scream at him, 

"Asshole!
I'm gonna blow you away right now! 
Put your hands on the dash." 

He's still looking at me, nodding his head. "I know, buddy, I know." 

Meanwhile his hand is still
going for the glove box. And I said... 

"Buddy, I'm gonna shoot you
in the face... if you don't put your hands up." 

Then this guy's girlfriend, this real sexy Oriental bitch... she starts screaming at him:

"Chuck, what are you doin'? 
Listen to the officer!
Put your hands on the dash!" 

So then the guy snaps out of it and puts his hands on the dash. 

What was he goin' for? 

His fucking registration. 

You're kidding.


No, man! Stupid citizen doesn't know how closehe came to gettin' blown away. That close, man. 

JOE CABOT :
You knew how to handle that situation. 
You shit your pants, dive in and swim. 


Tell me more about Cabot. 

ORANGE :
I don't know. He's a cool guy. He's funny.
He's a funny guy. You remember the Fantastic Four? 

Yeah, with that invisible bitch... and "Flame on" and shit, right? 


ORANGE :
Thing. Motherfucker... looks just like the Thing. 


NICE GUY EDDIE :
Hey! Showtime! Grab your jacket.
I'm parked outside. 

ORANGE :
I'll be right down. 


NICE GUY EDDIE :
He'll be right down. 

ORANGE :
Don't pussy out on me now. 
They don't know. 

They don't know shit. 
You're not gonna get hurt.

You're fuckin' Baretta. 
They believe every fuckin' word 'cause you're super cool. 

There goes our boy. 
The guy has to have rocks in his head the size of Gibraltar... to work undercover. 

You want one of these?
Yeah, give me the bear claw. 




BROWN :
 Fuck. Jesus. I'm blind, man.
I'm fuckin' blind. 

ORANGE  :
No, you just got blood in your eyes. 
Is he dead? Did he die or not? 
Let's go. 


ORANGE :
Hold it! Get out! 
Get out of the fuckin' car! 

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Larry. I can't believe she killed me. 
Who'd have fucking thought that? 


WHITE :
Hey, just cancel that shit right now. You're hurt.
You're hurt real fuckin' bad. 
But you ain't dying. All this blood's scaring the shit out of me, Larry. 
I'm gonna die. I know it. 


What the fuck happened? 

ORANGE :
He slashed the cop's face, cut off his ear and was gonna burn him alive. 

What? I didn't hear you. 

I said... Blonde went crazy. 
He slashed the cop's face, cut off his ear and was gonna burn him alive. 


This cop? 
He went crazy?
Something like that? 
Worse or better? 

Eddie, he was pulling a burn, man. 
He was gonna kill the cop and me. 

When you guys walked in, he was gonna kill you and run with the diamonds. 

What'd I tell ya? That sick piece of shit was a stone-cold psycho. 

You should've asked the cop, not just killed him. 

He talked about what he was gonna do when he was slicing him up. 


I don't buy it. Doesn't make sense. 

Makes perfect fuckin' sense to me. 
You didn't see how he acted during the job. 
We did. 

He's right.
The ear's hacked off. 

Let me just say this out loud, 'cause I wanna get this straight. 


You're saying that Mr. Blonde... was gonna kill you... 
and then when we got back he was gonna kill us... 
take the diamonds and scram. 
I'm right about that, right?
That's your story? 

ORANGE :
I swear on my mother's soul... that's what happened. 

The man you killed just got released from prison. 
He got caught at a company warehouse full of hot items. 
He could've fuckin' walked. 
All he had to do was say my dad's name, but he didn't; he kept his mouth shut. 
He did his fuckin' time like a man. 
He did four years for us. 
So, Mr. Orange... you're telling me that this good friend of mine... who did four years
for my father... who, in four years, never made a deal, no matter what they offered him... 
you're telling me 
that now that he's free... and we're making good on our commitment to him... 
he's just gonna decideout of the fucking blue... to rip us off? 
Why don't you tell me what really happened. 

JOE CABOT :
What the hell for? 
It'd just be more bullshit.



NARCISSIST:
What? Wait, wait.
You didn't tell him your name, did you?

WHITE :
I told him my first name and where I was from.

NARCISSIST:
Why?

WHITE :
I told him where I was from a few days ago.
It was just a natural conversation.


NARCISSIST:
What was tellin' him your name when you weren't supposed to?

WHITE :
He asked.
We had just gotten away from the cops.
He just got shot.
It was my fault he got shot.

He's a fuckin' bloody mess.
He's screamin'.
I swear to God, I thought he was gonna die right then and there.
I'm tryin' to comfort him, telling him 
"Not to worry...
Everything's going to be okay,
I'm gonna take care of him."
And he asked me what my name was.
I mean, the man was dyin' in my arms.
What the fuck was I supposed to do?
Tell him "I'm sorry? 
I can't give out that fuckin' information?
It's against the rules?
I don't trust you enough?"
Maybe I should've, but I couldn't.
Fuck you! Fuck Joe!



Monday 28 October 2019

The Way of The Necromancer




O, it’s a Lonely Way, The Way of The of The Necromancer —

Lacrimae Mundi — The Tears of The World.




Sunday 27 October 2019

The Argument from Ultimate Authority




Don’t Be Awful





Family (n.)
Every Time I Get Out, They Pull Me Back In



VITO CORLEONE 
(sitting behind his desk, petting a cat)
Why did you go to The Police? 
Why didn't you come to me first? 


BONASERA
What do you want of me? 
Tell me anything. 
But do what I beg you to do. 


VITO CORLEONE
What is that? 

[Bonasera gets up to whisper his request into Don Corleone's ear

That I cannot do. 


BONASERA
I'll give you anything you ask. 


VITO CORLEONE
We've known each other many years, but this is the first time you came to me for counsel, for help. 
I can't remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, 
even though my wife is godmother to your only child. 

But let's be frank here: you never wanted my friendship. 
And uh, you were afraid to be in my debt. 


BONASERA
I didn't want to get into trouble. 


VITO CORLEONE
I understand. You found paradise in America, had a good trade, made a good living. 
The Police protected you; and there were courts of law. 
And you didn't need a friend of me. 

But uh, now you come to me and you say -- 

"Don Corleone give me justice." 

-- But you don't ask with respect. 
You don't offer friendship. 
You don't even think to call me ‘Godfather’! 

Instead, you come into my house 
on the day my daughter is to be married, 
and you uh ask me to do murder, 
for money.


BONASERA
I ask you for Justice. 


VITO CORLEONE
That is Not Justice; 
Your daughter is still alive. 


BONASERA
Then they can suffer then, as she suffers.
(then)
How much shall I pay you? 


VITO CORLEONE 
(stands, turning his back toward Bonasera)
Bonasera... Bonasera... 
What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? 

Had you come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. 


And that by chance if an honest man such as yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. 

And then they would fear you.


BONASERA
Be my friend --

(then, after bowing and the Don shrugs)

-- Godfather? 


VITO CORLEONE 
(after Bonasera kisses his hand)

Good.

(then)

Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. 

But uh, until that day -- 
accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day. 


BONASERA 
(as he leaves the room)
Grazie, Godfather. 


VITO CORLEONE
Prego.

(then, to Tom Hagen, after Bonasera leaves the room)

Ah, give this to ah, Clemenza. 
I want reliable people; people that aren't gonna be carried away. 

I'm mean, we're not murderers, despite of what this undertaker says. 


I Have Been BADLY Betrayed....




dickless (n.)
   A State of Being or Manner of Life characterised by a ready willingness to throw some other poor bastard (albeit possibly guilty, you just don't know) completely Under The proverbial Bus, in favour of sparing your own worthless hide.

c.f. "Don't Do it to Me, Do it to Julia! To JULIA!!"




History lesson for you, Vinnie.
I know you're not well-educated, so, uh- let me enlighten you —

The term "dildo" was first coined in around 1400 AD.
It originates from the Latin ‘dilatare’, which means 'open wide'.

The Dick, Vincent.

The Penis, The Slongker, The Cock, The Old Fella.... 

Has been revered and replicated since the start of humanity.

And now, you ...
and you...
are about to lose yours.



Boss Falcone :
Yeah, Dr. Crane, l can't take it anymore.
lt's all too much.
The walls are closing in.
Blah, blah, blah.
A couple of days of this food, it'll be true.

Dr. Crane :
What do you want?

Boss Falcone :
l wanna know how you're gonna convince me to keep my mouth shut.

Dr. Crane :
About what?
You don't know anything.

Boss Falcone :
l know you don't want the cops to take a closer look at the drugs they seized.
And l know about your experiments
with the inmates of your nut house.
See, l don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets.
And those goons you used.
l own the muscle in this town.
Now, l've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and l want in.

Dr. Crane :
Well, l already know what he'll say.
That we should kill you.

Boss Falcone :
Even he can't get me in here.
Not in my town.









Vinnie :
Ay up, Si.
Do you want it after all? 


Vin, where did you get them antiques? 

You know the rules.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
Si, listen, you know — 


Fuck The Rules.
I'm in deep shit here.
You just tell me where you nicked them antiques from.



I didn't nick —

Well, I did.
I nicked a car, and the antiques, they were in the boot.
What's going on? 


Just get down here.



Why? 


Just get down here now.
Don't tell anyone you're coming.


All right.


Si, what's going - Si? 
Black Skinhead Oi! 

Get up, you little fucker.
Get up! 

History lesson for you, Vinnie.
I know you're not well-educated, so, uh- let me enlighten you.
The term "dildo" was first coined in around 1400 AD.
It originates from the Latin ‘dilatare’, which means 'open wide'.

The Dick, Vincent.

The Penis, The Slongker, The Cock, The Old Fella.... has been revered and replicated since the start of humanity.
And now, you ...
and you...
are about to lose yours.


No.
Please.
It was in —

Shut it.
Where's my antique dildo? 


On a farm.
Which farm? 


Jim's farm.
I can get it back, though.


Who stole 'em? 

I don't know.


Who was driving the car you nicked? 

I don't know Oh, fuck! A young guy.
Fuck, I didn't really see him.
He might have had brown hair.



Told you, didn't I? In the hospital, do you remember? 
I said, "If our paths cross again." 
I know, but all this —

I didn't know it had your things in it, and I'll get 'em back! 
I'll fuck I'll get you whatever you want! 


Cut his dick off.

No, no, no! Give me an hour! 
Give me one hour! 
I know where it is.
This is just a mistake, this.



All right, you, trousers off.


What?! 


I could find out the owner of that car.
I fucking can I'll find out I'll get it back.
My friend's a mechanic.



Fucking trousers off! 


My friend's a mechanic —


Boxers.


Fuck 

Boxers.


Mr McCann No! Wait, wait! 
Just - Just  - Don't — 

All right, now, say bye-bye to it.


Why? Why? 

Say bye-bye.
Fuck - This is fucking madness, man.


Say it! 

Bye, bye, byebye.


Properly.


You can't do this.
Don't - Please don't cut my dick off in a pawn shop, man.
Don't - Don't - Fuck.


Vin! You will always remember the moment before you become dickless.

It's The End of One Life and The Start of Another.
Pre and post-dick.

I have been •BADLY• betrayed, and the only people with knowledge of my antiques are people that know my house, people who come and go, people with regular access.

I want to fucking know.
I •have• to fucking know.


I can find out.
I fucking can.
I can find out.
OK - You find out who took that dildo, you keep your dick.
You don't, it comes off.
Do we understand ourselves? 

Yeah.


Do we fucking understand each other?! 


Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yes.




SLATER :
You and young Rodney are going down for at least a year apiece! 
Unless you give me the name of the mush who nicked the microwave.

DEL BOY :
Oh, leave it out Slater.
You know I can't do that.
It's against my principles! 
My Mum'd turn in her grave if she knew I'd become a copper's nark! 

SLATER :
Well, you're gonna have a lot of time to think about your principles! 
I hope the porridge ain't too lumpy! 
I'll get the charge sheets typed up.

DEL BOY :
Now, just a minute - Roy.
Let's not be hasty! 
I think we can make a deal.

SLATER :
I don't like deals! 

DEL BOY :
You're gonna like this one! 
If I give you the name of the bloke that stole that oven, 
you let Rodney and Grandad go - no charges.

SLATER :
Yeah, alright.
I'll let them go.
And you'll also drop all charges against me! 

SLATER :
Oh come on Del, I'm looking forward to that! 

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying Slater! 
Once I give you the name, I'll be one of your grasses.

SLATER :
Oh Del, Del Boy, that is beautiful! 
You would be one of my Merry Men! 
I'd have you in my pocket, I could bounce you about and make you dance whenever I felt bored! 
And if you ever stepped out of line, I'd let it be known on the streets that you're an informer! 

DEL BOY :
Yeah! I know! 

SLATER :
The deal's on my old hoppo.
I'll drop the charges against you, you have My Word.

DEL BOY :
Your Word! 
Your Word means about as much as the guarantee on that hooky microwave! 
No, I want immunity from prosecution.
And I want it in writing and I want it signed, sealed and delivered.

SLATER :
I'll get it arranged right away Derek.
Oh, we're gonna have a good future together you and me, I can feel it.
What's up Del? Cursing the day you crossed me? 

DEL BOY :
No, I'm cursing the day I made them stop at your belly button! 

Why's he keeping Del Boy in there? 

That's about the 38th time you've asked me that in the last 'alf hour! 
And for the 38th time Grandad, I'm telling you, I don't know.


I thought he'd just charge Del with receiving, he'd get a fifty pound fine, and then it would all be forgot about! 

That's what I thought! 

So did I! So why's he keeping him in there? 

Gawd bless my old brown I don't bloody know Grandad.


Well, Rodney —


PC HOSKINS :
Look I thought I told you two you were free to go! 

Oh, we thought we'd hang on for a while.
Yeah, it's good here, innit?

SLATER :
Still here?

We're waiting for Del.

GRANDAD TROTTER :
Will he be long son? 


SLATER :
Only as long as it takes him to tell me who nicked the microwave.


Better get our heads down till the morning then! 

Oh, no, Del's seen the light.
He's decided to cooperate.


No, you're pulling our legs! 

SLATER :
D'you reckon? 
Why don't you come in and see for yourself.
Come on.
Alright Hoskins, away you go, canteen's open now.

PC Hoskins :
Oh, thank you very much, sir.

SLATER :
There you are, Del Boy, your immunity from prosecution, signed by the Superintendent himself.


What are you playing at, Del??!! 

DEL BOY :
What're they doing 'ere? 

SLATER :
Oh I thought it'd be interesting for them to see you in your real light.
The Great Del Boy, the man who could talk his way out of a room with no doors, reduced to this, grassing.

DEL BOY :
I've gotta tell him Rodney.
He's got me all ends up — I've got no choice.


But you don't know his name Del.
He was just a bloke in the market! 

DEL BOY :
Oh leave it out, Grandad.
If Mr Slater was to believe our descriptions he'd have his men searching for a someone who's a cross between Tom Thumb and the Jolly Green Giant! 

SLATER :
With a deaf-aid! 

DEL BOY :
With a deaf aid! 
Rodney, I wasn't doing it just for myself.
He threatened to plant something on you and set you up for a bit of bird.


But, but that's against the law! 

SLATER :
Well phone the Police! 

Don't tell him Del.

DEL BOY :
Look, I've got to Rodney.
Otherwise it'll mean you and me will go down the road and Grandad's gonna be left alone on the estate, see? 
I've got no choice, I've got no choice! 
Alright Mr. Slater let's get down to business.

SLATER :
Oh Del, Del Boy, those words are music to my ears.
I will cherish this moment! 
Righto Del, who nicked it? 

DEL BOY :
They are free to go ain't they? 

SLATER :
Yeah, they're free to go - no charges, they can leave whenever they like.
OK, give me his name.

DEL BOY :
You've got nothing on me either? 


SLATER :
No! You've got an immunity from prosecution.
You've got less chance of a pull than the Queen.

DEL BOY :
Long as I know.

SLATER :
Right, for the third and last time of asking, who nicked the microwave off the back of the lorry? 

[ Del signs the document guaranteeing his immunity from prosecution. ]

DEL BOY :
I did!