[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...i've been doing, going through my adress and crossing out the dead people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do that? that's a lot of fun isn't it? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives you a good feeling, kind of gives you a feeling of power Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of superiority, to have outlived another old friend Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can't do it too soon; you know, you can't do it too soon Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't come running home from the funeral and get the book out, you know... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't do that, a little time has to pass Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to let a little time go by, I have a rule of thumb Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6 weeks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a friend of mine and you're in my book and you die, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I leave you alone for 6 weeks Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6 extra weeks in the book on the house, it's on me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now speaking of dead people, there are things we say Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone dies, most of us say, lot of us do, things we say that no one ever questions. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just king of go unexamined. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give you a couple examples. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After someone dies, the following conversation is bound to take place, probably more than one. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two guys meet on the street. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey did you hear? Phil Davis died." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Phil David? I just saw him yesterday !" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Didn't help." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He died anyway. Apparently the simple act of you seeing him did not slow his cancer down." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In fact it may have made it more agressive." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know you could be responsible for Phil's death." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do you live with yourself?" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another thing they say after a death, this is usually said to the surviving spouse. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, if there's anything I can do, anything at all, please don't hesitate to ask." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you gonna do, a ressurection? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ain't the fucking New Testament, you know. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what you tell a guy like that, who wants to help? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh fine, you can come over this weekend and paint the garage." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bring your plunger, the upstairs toilet overflowed and there's shit all over the floor up there." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You drive a truck? Good, that'll come in handy, the North 40 needs a lot of attention." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bring your chainsaw and your pickaxe, we're gonna put your ass to work." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to help, fuck him, call his bluff. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call his bluff, don't hesitate to ask, the nerve of these pricks ! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another thing we say to the surviving spouse: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm keeping him in my thoughts." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where exactly, in your thoughts, does he fit? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In between "My ass hurts in this chair" and "Let's fuck the waitress"? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are your priorities? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use a lot of euphemisms when we talk about death, you know. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say things like: "You know, I lost my father." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bah, he'll turn up." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gotta stay optimistic with people like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give them a reason to hope. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you checked the dumpster out back? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He used to like to take a nap in there. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep it upbeat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something else that is said after a death Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this one involves belief, which is where i begin to have... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...big problems !