LUDIC LOG

"Sweet."

"Idn't she?"

"What is it, the '98?"

"The '99."

"Wow. And how much you're askin'?"

"Two grand."

"Cheap."

"You know it."

"What's wrong with it?"

"Nothing's wrong with it. It runs great."

"It sounds good."

"It looks great."

"It looks good."

"It looks great."

"What's that stain over there?"

"What stain? There's no stain."

"Right over there, under the headrest."

"Never a stain."

"It looks like a stain to me."

"If you say so, pal. Look, are you interested or not?"

"Sure I'm interested."

"So let's talk."

"Sure, let's talk. What's wrong with it?"

"There's nothing wrong with it! I told you! Why you gotta keep bringing that up?"

"Car like this, sellin' it for two grand? Somethin's wrong with it."

"So you admit it's a good-lookin' car."

"I admit there's somethin' wrong with it. Car like this."

"I'm tellin' you."

"I know you're tellin' me. I'm not hearin' you, is what I'm saying. What about that stain?"

"What stain? Show me the stain. Show me one stain."

"Right over there. Right under the headrest, there. See it?"

"Oh. Huh."

"Stain."

"Yeah, I'll be damned."

"Just like I told you, stain."

"So there's a stain, you can hardly see it."

"I can see it."

"You can hardly see it at all."

"It's like the size of a basketball to me. I'll never be able to not see it."

"You're bustin' my chops."

"How about you knock five hunnert off the asking price?"

"Five hunnert?"

"Sure."

"Because of a little stain?"

"Seems reasonable."

"You're not serious."

"Of course I'm serious."

"You can't be serious."

"Hey. Pal? You'll know when I'm not serious."

"You want me to knock it down five hunnert bucks because of a little stain under the headrest."

"That's about the size of it."

"Forget it, pal."

"Okay, fine. See you around then."

"No, hey, wait a minute. We can talk."

"I thought we were already doin' that! We're talkin'."

"Okay! We're talkin'! What about it?"

"I'll give you fifteen hunnert for it."

"You're killin' me."

"That's my best offer."

"Not mine."

"It says 'or best offer'."

"That ain't a best offer."

"It's the best one I got."

"You're killin' me."

"I know it. You said that."

"Okay."

"Deal?"

"Deal."

"Great."

"Great."

"So..."

"So what?"

"So, what's wrong with it?"

"How many times I gotta tell you, there's nothing wrong with it?"

"What, did you kill a guy in there, or what?"

"Are you nuts?"

"Well, did you?"

"No way."

"Really?"

"Get outta here."

"Seriously, did you kill a guy in there?"

"Seriously?"

"Seriously."

"A couple of guys."

"Huh."

"Yeah."

"So, what is that, the V-6?"

"The V-8."

"Sweet."