On Wed, 17 May 2006 07:37:50 +0000, Brigitte Gegg wrote:
> 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.
ahhh... that's it all right. If she was "fixing" a glass of tea, maybe
there was a bottle of beer that needed "fixing". Like I said, he was being
a smartass. ;-)
I need to watch that one again, been a while. At least a month.
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