TONY
“I haven’t seen you around so much lately.”
PHILIP
“Well we’ve moved — you know that.”
TONY
“Phil, I don’t mean to sound stupid, but sometimes I move every night, if you know what I mean.”
PHILIP
“Ouch.”
The word from the street
TONY
“Did you hear that Rob Ford said he didn’t know who Margaret Atwood was? I mean, even I’ve know about Margaret Atwood.”
TONY
“How are you doing with those speeches that you were working on? You told me to ask you about it the other day. So I’m askin’, so don’t get uppity.”
PHILIP
“Yeah, yeah, I remember. So when did I ever get uppity anway? Well, I’m seeing a client today, plus I finally got my new website up and working. And I did the whole design and all the layout by myself. So I’m feeling kinda proud of myself.”
TONY
“Phil, you gotta be pretty proud to survive in this world, you know.”
TONY
“Boy, I am really, really cold right now. I’ve been cold since I got up. I’m sure it’s not the right thing to say but right now I hope global warming comes soon. And it’s not even really that cold yet, you know.”
PHILIP
“I watched Queen singing Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube this morning. It was pretty cool.”
TONY
“That guy Freddie Mercury, he was a weirdo but his group was the greatest, you know.”
PHILIP
“Aren’t you going to ask me what YouTube is?
TONY
“Well I already know what YouTube is.”
TONY
“We’re losing another homeless guy.”
PHILIP
“Who’s that?”
TONY
“You remember when I told you about the homeless guy up the street, the guy who was drinking mouthwash? He’s in the hospital — has been for 3 days now. The doctors figure for sure he ain’t coming out of that hospital on his own steam, if you know what I mean.”
PHILIP
“How do you know this?”
TONY
“I spoke one of his other friends last night. The guy says that everyone’s done whatever they could to help the guy, but his insides were totally rotted out. You know, we’re just falling like flies now.”