Mondays in the Sun Page #2

Monday.

If I may, Your Honor,

I'll read the statement

in which,

on November 4 of this year,

in accordance

with the decision

adopted by this court,

the accused was found guilty

and sentenced to pay

compensation to the claimant

for breaking the streetlight,

model Urban Swimlight 270,

located eight meters

from the shipyard entrance.

That was accepted at the time

without any argument.

But we would

like it to be seen

in the context of the labor dispute

prevailing at the time,

a lockout and the layoff

of 200 workers,

among them, my client,

which meant that he

and many others

joined the demonstrations

with which we are all familiar

and which ended

with regrettable confrontations

between the workers

and the police.

- Bastards.

- Consider, therefore,

the events surrounding

the incident

for which my client is being

asked to pay compensation.

But it wasn't

the streetlight's fault.

That's true, Your Honor.

But it was badly placed.

So it's all the fault

of whoever put it there.

Perhaps...

it could partly be seen

like that, Your Honor.

Counsel, this is the third time

we've heard this case.

What is the compensation

being demanded?

- 8,000 pesetas, Your Honor.

- 8,000 pesetas.

How can I pay it?

How can I pay it?

They laid me off.

And now they want me

to pay 8,000 pesetas.

What is this?

I pay them for laying me off?

You broke their streetlight?

Well, now you pay for it.

A lousy streetlight.

No, it was an Urban Swimlight.

I won't pay it.

Santa, this was

the third hearing.

You know what

the fourth means.

Do you know, or not?

What do you think?

It isn't a matter

of cheap or expensive.

It's cheap for you?

Fine.

But not for me.

Is Jose ugly

or handsome?

That depends too.

His wife might like him.

The 8,000 pesetas, for example.

What are they worth?

- In euros?

- In pesetas.

What are 8,000 pesetas

worth in pesetas?

- 8,000 pesetas.

- No.

No. You see?

For me, morally,

they're worth much more.

- 10,000?

- Much more. 10 million.

More. 100,000 million.

How can 8,000 pesetas

be worth 100,000 million?

- Morally. I said morally.

- All right, morally.

It still doesn't seem expensive.

It must be great

to be on TV.

Imagine presenting

a program.

You go on, talk a bit of rubbish,

and live like a king.

- You know what he gets paid?

- I was on TV once.

In an ad,

when I was a kid.

I was a good-looking kid.

What was it for?

A soft drink. "Bubbles."

Remember it?

Orange and lemon flavor.

"Bubbles"?

Doesn't ring a bell.

- They went bankrupt very soon.

- Sh*t, Lino!

"Bubbles."

Never heard of it.

Give me another.

It's your fourth, Jose.

Don't worry, I'll pay you.

That's not what I meant.

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