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| Entered by: |
Courtneet |
| Approved by: |
DaveKellett |
| Last modified at: |
2011-03-29 15:02:54 |
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GRAMP: |
Two bucks for a dang Coke?!??
Jeez! I remember when a coke was just 25 cents. |
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ARTHUR: |
Aw man, no. Don't become that guy.
Don't be the dude who talks about the past. |
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GRAMP (looking at Arthur): |
What? |
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ARTHUR: |
When the past is your golden, conversational GO-TO, you're basically saying "I have nothing new or interesting to add to life. My best strength lies in WHAT IS NO MORE."
...A conversation about the past is a conversation without HOPE. |
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GRAMP: |
Whoa, whoa, whoa. All I said was "Coke used to cost a quarter" |
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ARTHUR: |
But in so doing you just became the old man in the room.
How does knowing what a Coke once cost make our conversation better?
Our world better? |
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GRAMP: |
Aha! Because "He who does not learn from the past is doomed to repeat it." |
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ARTHUR: |
Yeah, but "He who constantly talks about the past is doomed to bore the ever-lovin' snot outta everyone else" |
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