Here's a little section of the Tom Stoppard play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead... or was it smack talk on the court from the singles tournament at Wimbledon '04. I get the two mixed up.
Ven: Shouldn't we be doing something... constructive?
Ser: What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid?
Ven: We could play at questions.
Ser: And what good would that do?
Ven: I don't know.
Ser: Statement! One-love.
Ven: Cheating!
Ser: How?
Ven: I hadn't started yet.
Ser: Statement! Two-love.
Ven: Are you counting that?
Ser: What?
Ven: Are you counting that?
Ser: Foul. No repetition. Three-love. First game to...
Ven: I'm not going to play if you're going to be like that.
Ser: Whose serve?
Ven: Huh?
Ser: Foul! No grunts. One-love.
Ven: Whose go?
Ser: Why?
Ven: Why not?
Ser: What for?
Ven: Foul! No synonyms. One-all.
Ser: What in God's name is going on here?
Ven: Foul! No rhetoric! Two-one.
Ser: What does it all add up to?
Ven: Can't you guess?
Ser: Are you addressing me?
Ven: Is there anyone else?
Ser: Who?
Ven: How should I know?
Ser: Why are you asking?
Ven: Are you serious?
Ser: Was that rhetoric?
Ven: No.
Ser: Statement! Two-all.
Ven: What's the matter with you today?
Ser: When?
Ven: What?
Ser: Are you deaf?
Ven: Am I dead?
Ser: Yes or no?
Ven: Is there a choice?
Ser: Is there a God?
Ven: Foul! No non-sequiturs. Three-two. One game all.
Ser: What's your name?
Ven: What's yours?
Ser: I asked first.
Ven: Statement. One-love.
Ser: What's your name when you're at home?
Ven: What's yours?
Ser: When I'm at home?
Ven: Is it different at home?
Ser: What home?
Ven: Haven't you got one?
Ser: What are you saying?
Ven: What are you driving at?
Ser: WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
Ven: Repetition. Two-love. Match point to me.
Ser: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Ven: Rhetoric! Game and Match!
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Blog Author: Harry Klassen
Friday, February 27, 2009
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