Customer: Those books. How much? Bernard: Hmmm? Customer: Those books. The leather-bound ones. Bernard: Yes, Dickens, the Collected Works of Charles Dickens. Customer: Are they real leather? Bernard: They're real Dickens. Customer: I have to know if they're real leather because they have to go with the sofa. [Bernard looks confused] Customer: Everything else in my house is real. I'll give you two hundred for them. Bernard: Two hundred what? Customer: Two hundred pounds. Bernard: Are they leather-bound pounds? Customer: No. Bernard: Sorry. I need leather bound pounds to go with my wallet. Next.
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Date: 2005-03-10 08:32 am (UTC)Customer: Those books. How much?
Bernard: Hmmm?
Customer: Those books. The leather-bound ones.
Bernard: Yes, Dickens, the Collected Works of Charles Dickens.
Customer: Are they real leather?
Bernard: They're real Dickens.
Customer: I have to know if they're real leather because they have to go with the sofa.
[Bernard looks confused]
Customer: Everything else in my house is real. I'll give you two hundred for them.
Bernard: Two hundred what?
Customer: Two hundred pounds.
Bernard: Are they leather-bound pounds?
Customer: No.
Bernard: Sorry. I need leather bound pounds to go with my wallet. Next.