paper was light gold in medieval times
i want tobacco sugar
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that everything we thought we knew about
the world
might turn out to be completely wrong
from the long run
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tree
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if he does it again beat him
i know he's 19. but men never grow up he
thinks in a man we have to do the
growing up for them
now they're still in bed apart from sean
you know you can't wait there's one up
before 10 o'clock on sunday and as for
gloria she gave up sunday mornings a
long time ago
church you're mad
the only time this lot vaguely aware of
christ is at christmas
and that's because they get presents and
they eat too much
oh bev i gotta go now quasimodo just
walked in
well you know the bells the bells
i know it's too early for church bells
beverly bye-bye
stupid woman mom she's your friend
i know that's why i can color what i
want
i hate sunday mornings sunday newspapers
are more like volumes of the
encyclopedia britannica
i have to go back to the shop at least
four times just to finish my rant
got an idea why don't you use this
hmm
you can put all your papers in here no
mom that's shameful we need to save your
several trips back to the shop
mum i wouldn't be seeing dead walking
along with that well
if you carry on the way you are it's
going to kill you anyway
oh this is early for you desmond i know
i'm not awake yet shall make me a cup of
coffee
why because i said so
if i asked you to go make me a cup of
coffee would you go and make it
no why not because you're my son and and
it's too early
oh you just gave up here boy but that's
what people seem to see me as neddies as
a boy
well i'm not a boy anymore so what are
you then well i'm i'm
well i'm not a boy that's for sure
i just want to be treated like an adult
ah but sean you're only 15.
only 15. mum next birthday i'm gonna be
16.
i mean how old do you have to be to be
taken seriously oh do you expect me to
take you seriously when you behaving
like a child now go in the kitchen and
make me a cup of coffee
there's none that's not the way to
handle things the boy is the youngest
that's the problem with being the
youngest once the youngest always the
youngest
i want to be treated like a man
my son has gone from being a boy to an
adult to a man all in five minutes
he gets a little job delivering papers
he grows some fluff in his chin and on
his there's man
and he thinks he's a man well let me
tell you something young man you have a
long way to go
and as soon as you feel you mind enough
to wear the trousers in this house
you can leave because there's only one
man where's your trousers in this house
and that's me
no go there
please please
dad can i have the kind of supplement
please of course you can darling
yeah make a cup of tea sean
please
seem to be spending a lot of time with
veronica lloyd these days
sean yeah she's um helping me with my um
well we're kind of writing a computer
game together you know computer game
together
leave it at gloria oh i'm only putting
your leg you're too young for anyway
too young what do you mean too young i'm
15. and she's 17
and 17 year old girls don't go out with
boys i was supposed to go have girls in
oh don't be silly
normally guy if men yeah and you're
looking at one
see lettuces i'm off where you going now
out where are you going young man
this young man is off to see a young
woman about a computer program
oh matthew
aren't you supposed to be at college
today no desmond it's half time
mind you i do have a lot of essays to
write oh you do do you
yes and they are one
a high interest rate a necessary evil or
a monetarist
crutch disgust
two the decline of labor market is an
economic reality what steps
should you take to adjust it send
matthew out to work
okay three is desmond paying attention
to that man's hair
you see this yeah this bag carries one
of the greatest
memories i hold this i'm surprised the
bag is a big popeye
it's big enough to hit you over the head
with my two another lure my septa
students mentality
most people become students leave
college and get a job and not wait to
collect their pensions
some of us haven't got the capacity even
to become a student
ding ding ramp free gentlemen before we
begin wrong three let me warn you of the
desmond rules
yes rule one stop arguing rule two
what's in the blasted bag
what are you looking at all right this
record reminds me of my first
true love you mean somebody actually
loved you pogba
yes her name was sandra from the fruit
market
you mean sandra bishop yes
sandra sandra was every man's first love
what you laughing at anyway that tune
was a hard tune
surely may i oh certainly pogba
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sorry veronica let's go back to your
place here how can you let the girl
carry a heavy thing like that
that's all right that is called sexual
equality but don't look equal to me
oh by the way this is veronica my mom my
dad let's go do it too
what are you doing it's called
women's lib
so um are you gonna introduce us then oh
yeah this is um the pekka prince
it's nice to know that sean has good
taste eh you all right lee
let's go veronica
young lovey he seems to be in the
atmosphere
thanks percy our times have changed you
know when i was young and in love the
boys used to carry the girls books back
home from school
now the boys let the girls carry
computers
i remember my first love oh yes i've got
to hear this
oh she was the daughter of a poor farm
worker
you see we were quite well off so it was
not the darn thing to
go out with somebody below your status
but when my father found out
he took me aside and assured me that
love was sweeter than money
oh that's nice amazing how wrong
grown-ups can be
what happened the wretched girl stole my
father's wallet and i never saw her
again
smart girl you win some you lose
something that's my motto i mean i don't
believe in first love
because every time's a first from the
first time you set eyes on her to the
first time he said i'd like to get hold
of her it's all the first time until the
next time oh
young people today are so cynical
hey whatever happened to your sense of
romance
that uh fluttering feeling you know that
that
is that how i made you feel no no
what do you mean no how did i make you
feel
whatever that was it never made me feel
like that
what did you feel like then poke by well
after the first week with my wife
we both felt like
um thanks for coming over veronica sean
it's okay
i said we'd write this program at half
term
oh damn what you thanked me for coming
over so many times i've written it as a
command
yeah well you know when i asked you to
come over i didn't think you'd come
why you've been over to my house a few
times
yeah i know but your father you know
he's a preacher
so well he's always there
is his house yeah i know i know but my
father's not a preacher
i know he's a barber i'm writing a
computer game
and should we loot this command where
we're there
we're there sean
well what should we do well i mean
i'd like to um would you like to
pump up the yam
yeah pump it up how's it going scientist
you're a mastermind sort we don't have
to plug the ozone layer yet no not the
gloria yeah but once we do we'll give it
to you because there's a bigger hole in
the middle your face and he's plugged in
don't come faced because i'll just put
you to shame in front of you
what do you want gloria how's it going
what are we seeing we seem to have come
to a minor problem but i'm sure we can
sort it out oh don't think so
there's always a problem with
sophisticated machines trying to run a
new software don't you agree veronica
yeah not if the new software gives the
old machinery a kick in the right
direction see you at school on monday
ron
see you monday gloria
if you um go to 17b then the third loop
system will be complete
yeah but the go-to command will only be
relevant if you want the ninja to jump
the empire state building yeah
yeah listen how would you like to um
i mean would you like would you like a
drink
veronica thank you mrs ambrose are you
sure
yeah no mom
how's the game coming along fine fine
what's it called again the lady ninja's
wicked revenge
well personally i prefer scrabble but
you know sean is too busy nowadays to
play scrabble with me
right veronica will you guess sean
i will come out with you tonight i'll be
around about seven okay
yeah okay
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is it okay if i leave this stuff here
yeah okay
all right see you later then okay yeah
okay
all right
uh huh this is
very interesting very very interesting
what's so interesting this is just a
game of cards so get on with it you
african student
this is more than just a card game this
is a game of strategy
bluff and double bluff i thought he was
playing romney
well i don't know what machu is playing
yeah sure i hope she's worth it
of course she is oh
you look good son thanks mom so if
you're like a man no
well i'll tell you after tonight why not
sean
hey mom listen can i borrow some money
oh
sean borrowing money to impress i mean
borrowing money and why'd you ask your
father
because he won't give it to me that's
right money doesn't grow on trees you
know
well answer me this simple question and
if i'm satisfied i'll let you have the
money okay
okay all right tell me why should i give
you money when you're just being paid
from your paper round
because i'm your son and you like me
best no
no no because dad's type fisted he never
gave me enough pocket money that's right
to take the job in the first place who
you calling tight-fisted
yesterday you wanted to be treated like
a man if you want money you must own it
earn it uh all right i'll tidy my room
i'll do my homework on time all
that benefits you what you gonna do to
benefit us
no all right i'll sweep the shop floor
for a week that's better starting
tomorrow
no when i get in tonight done how much
you want
say 50 pounds for starters
how about five pounds for starters how
about seven three
five done this week that's what i call
strategy
and this is what i call a rummy
yeah nice nice ah i thought you'd like
to use this tonight
i'll leave it that that stuff smells
that's what it's supposed to do
elite can i have a word please yeah
any time
listen lee i don't have to ask you this
but where's a good place to take her
all right all depends how much money you
got 20 quid i thought like i'd take her
ice skating
then whiner and diner then take a cab on
what all on 20 quid
i need a mortgage for that lot yeah i
know
what do you reckon see i come to you
because you're always pretty cool i know
mate
see she's older than me and i don't want
to blow it we ain't doing too badly
aren't you first date older woman
come on be serious i didn't want to go
to michael no any tips from him and you
certainly blow it
listen all i say is be yourself try not
to impress
i know i'll give it a bigger but that's
because i'm a flash sod
now i do it because i enjoy it here
today gone tomorrow but you're different
tonight will be different listen just
take it as it comes
and don't force it i'll tell you what i
do for you right a mate of mine owns a
pizza place on a strip of my street i'll
give him a ring nothing fancy but good
vibes
i'll make sure he sees this straight
and as for the bash back and i'll even
find a lift up there just for good
measure
how's that grab yeah oh thanks lee look
i really don't mention it
you're part of the family hey you don't
think it's getting a bit over the top
you know you driving us up there in
there
nah i'll make you seem natural
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good evening veronica that's it
how old is she she's 17 oh this is my
date
night veronica you're telling me um
shall we go then yep where are we going
um stream stream funny i was thinking of
driving that way myself
uh shall i give you a lift fine oh yes
please
well how late were you surely 10 minute
off mom time it off okay
have a good time oh well please
keep off the old block
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oh how'd it go it goes the right word
she went
do you want to talk about it what for oh
it helps
well lee gave us a lift up to stram
veronica sat in the front of the car
next to lee played with his gadgets and
talked to him all the way up there
then she invited him to come ice skating
with us and did he well no but he might
as well have
because she didn't stop talking about
him all night isn't he nice lovely car
nice stereo
then as we come out the ice rink i had
to hide it from some olgies which you
didn't want to see
i thought it was an uncle or someone
from a father's congregation it was an
ex-boyfriend
he was old enough to be her father that
made me feel about free
he must have been the biology teacher
biology teacher
no i mean veronica used to have
biology lessons at all college she had a
flick over here
why didn't you tell me i tried to you
tell me to push off remember
anyway i made the slightest bit of
difference yeah but you're my sister
you're saying your sister's even more of
a reason why you wouldn't listen to me
so what happened next well we got to
the pizza restaurant which lee lined up
things settled down it was going okay
until lee's friend who owned a place
came and insisted on giving us special
treatment
because we were friends of lee and she
was off again she wanted to know
everything about lee from his inside leg
measurement to which toilet paper he
used
in the end i didn't know if i packed her
in a cab and i took the bus home oh
it looks very noble of you wasn't that
couldn't stand again in a badly
traveling home as well
tell me something yeah why are we
watching tv with no sound
i've seen it before
so desmond tell me now how did shawn get
on with veronica
i mean was it a case of
aura
we don't know he was up before us on his
paper round
he's a bit late though oh he said he was
going for a walk in a park afterwards
did you see him last night
yeah just for a bit did you tell you
what happened come on mum sean wouldn't
tell me anything i'm his older sister
that's true anyway look at you all
you're like hawks waiting to pounce on a
bit of juicy gossip
we are not gossips are we pork play men
don't gossip
only women gossip oh we chat we debate
don't we walk by yeah listen to them
typical of men you know you give it all
kind of grand titles like chat
discus debate and when we do the same
it's
gossip and i suppose these debates are
interesting stimulating provocative
informative affairs
yeah man laced with fighting weight and
social insight
yeah man all right i'm gonna hear some
of this tell us something incisive
well um we are men don't gossip as much
as women
where is it let's hear all the juicy
details now africans gossip
we west indians don't
where is he where's the golden boy
listen why y'all don't just
mind your own business huh leave sean
alone
it's soon here oh no he should be soon
do you mind if i wait oh no
perhaps i better go no please stay he
should be here any minute
sean sean john sure that's my name don't
worry al
shalom hello veronica
i've come to pick up my computer okay
let's go and get it
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listen about it last night sorry sure i
better go first because i feel my own
apology
i'm really sorry about last night i
didn't mean to hurt your feelings
as stupid as it may sound i thought it
was just friends nothing more and
nothing less i know last time i came
round here you tried to get
a bit intimate but i thought i made my
feelings quite clear
i thought he was just playing hard to
get i was
i didn't want to be got and so when you
tried to kiss me in the restaurant
it not only came as a shock but it was a
bit embarrassing as well
sorry about going on about lee so much i
realize that was a bit tactless
tell me something anything what are you
seeing him
that's not a fair question and life's
not fair i can take it i'm a man
for sure you owe it to me
he's older he's got a car hold it right
there i get the message
bye sean yeah all right
bye mr and mrs ambrose bye-bye look is
everything all right
yeah but i don't think sean and i will
be seeing much of each other in the
future oh really uh well in that case
would you like to live home well i would
yeah
pork baby you ever see a praying mantis
well see it there maybe the lift can
extend to a date tonight at eight i'll
come and pick you up we'll hit the town
i can show you a few scenes you ain't
seen before
no expense beard eh what'd you reckon
any man who could stand and watch a
woman struggle with a heavy object
like this and not even offer to help
it's not the sort of man i want to spend
an evening with
you should have seen lee's face
especially when she cut him dead and
said you're not a superman i want to
spend an evening with shame
you would think you'd give her a hand
with that heavy bag
but can you blame her or what a stupid
excuse he gave
huh yes you think he'll come back with a
better line than
what was it oh i thought you were a
feminist honest
no ambrose man would speak to a lady
like that
but i must say i had to hand it to her
when she said
you may be a man li but last night i
went out with a
gentleman
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