1.Does Elwood see anybody these days? 2.Oh, yes, Aunt Ethel, Elwood sees *somebody*.
1.What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd? 2.What did you have in mind?
As I was going down to the taxi cab to get Elwood’s things, this awful man stepped out. He was a white slaver, I know he was. He was wearing one of those white suits, that’s how they advertise.
Here, let me give you one of my cards. Now if you should want to call me, use this number. This other one is the old number.
Is, is that Mrs. Frank Cummings? Doesn’t she look ghastly, I thought she was dead. I must get a closer look.
Oh, mother, people get run over by trucks every day. Why can’t something like that happen to Uncle Elwood?
Oh, Myrtle, don’t be didactic. It’s not becoming in a young girl. Besides, men loathe it.
Wouldn’t that get a little monotonous, just Akron, cold beer and ‘poor, poor thing’ for two weeks?
Every day’s a beautiful day.
Harvey and I have things to do…we sit in the bars…have a drink or two…and play the juke box. Very soon the faces of the other people turn towards me and they smile. They say: ‘We don’t know your name, mister, but you’re all right, all right.’ Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers – soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell us about the great big terrible things they’ve done and the great big wonderful things they’re going to do. Their hopes, their regrets. Their loves, their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. Then I introduce them to Harvey, and he’s bigger and grander than anything they can offer me. When they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back.
I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I’m with.
I wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I’m happy. I finalyy won out over it.
I’d just helped Ed Hickey into a taxi. Ed had been mixing his drinks, and I felt he needed conveying. I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: ‘Good evening, Mr. Dowd’. I turned, and there was this big white rabbit leaning against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that! Because when you’ve lived in a town as long as I’ve lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me.
What’s a pooka?
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