then you shouldn't eat everyday, jacques. hey! have you ever seen a mermaid? i've seen them. don't you want to know where? why don't you ask me? where i saw the mermaids?! why don't you ever ask any question? i'm always the one asking the question! we're sitting here like two stones and i'm taking to myself. ask me something, goddamnit! come on now, pump! your mother didn't leave. she went back to america, that's all. it's her home. she's allergic to this island. she likes refrigerators and machines that clean the floor. so one day she left. woman are like that, unpredictable, like the sea. in the bars in athens! assassin! did you buy the cassettes? the wagner, the berlioz? are you crazy? i have no use for a woman! since my accident. did you bring the cassettes, the wagner, the berlioz? this idiot never listens to anything i say. sometimes i wonder if he isn't deaf. where are you from, henrietta? what kind of name is that? to be named after a city? that explains it! the best lays are from new york! no, no. it's true. when i was in new york, oh boy! before my accident, you understand? good. that way i'll see more of you. where are you going to stay? in my apartment? liar! thief! torturer! when you were an orphan i nursed you at my breast. i'm going to put a lock on the telephone. did you bring the cassettes? two dollars for this! this fish wasn't caught. it died of cancer! i'm not as deaf as you are blind, my boy! you take care of your eyes, i'll take care of my ears! come on, drink up, my boy! it might just save us from your bullshit. the whale! how could i forget? always was something fishy about that woman! what were italians doing living in greece anyway? that's different! what's the matter with you? hey, whale! can you pass down the squids?