6.28.02 I CAN ONLY HOPE NOT

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Maggie, do we have a synergy?

NO MONEY

Two old men stand on the streetcar island waiting to board. One is wearing a straw fedora, the other a newsie cap.

Man 1: I ain�t got not money. You got money?

Man 2: (Shrugs.) Guess we got to walk then.

Both: Hahahahahahaha.

(Short quiet conversation with bus driver ensues. The men climb aboard.)

M1: Hey, who�s that girl I saw you with?

M2: Who dat?

M1: The girl in the park.

M2: Oh.

M1: That Romie?

M2: Yeah.

M1: So� Wapbopadeebot?

M2: HA! Yeah, man. Wapbopadeebot. It�s birthday time.

Both: Hahahahahaha

M1: You know Tony Bennet sang that song, �I Left My Heart in San Francisco?�

M2: What about it?

M1: Well you left your heart in…

Both: hahahhahaha

M2: Man, I ain�t got no heart. Jus somethin poppin in my chest.

Both: hahahaha

M2: �Streetcar Named Desire� more like it.

(They sigh together.)

M2: Man, I don�t even care. I�m on vacation. I got me a week off.

M1: Where you goin?

M2: To sleep.

M1: Sleep is right. You doin a lot of �sleepin.�

M2: Yesiree Bob.