Re: ...Here's looking at you, kid.

In alt.showbiz.gossip The Starmaker <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

: The Starmaker wrote:
: > I don't understand those Double Indemnity dialogues. How does a bottle
of beer not be working? I don't get it.
: >
: > Phyllis: I was just fixing some ice tea; would you like a glass?
: > Walter Neff: Yeah, unless you got a bottle of beer that's not working.


To me it looks like she
was *fixing* some ice tea,
like the ice tea was not working or was broken so she had to fix it.
So he wants to make fun of her and asks for a bottle of beer that's not
working, so that she can fix a beer for him.
At least that's what I understand.
B.