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With 20 dollars.

That ought to get us to long island,

don't you think?

How should i know?

I've never been to long island.

- Yes, you have.

- I have?

Yeah, you've been to queens.

Queens is long island.

Queens is part of new york city.

I don't think it's really considered long island.

It's part of new york city

but it's on long island.

- Queens is a borough.

- A borough on long island.

- A borough of new york city.

- Right.

Long island's a terminal moraine.

What?

Terminal moraine. It's the earth

deposited by a receding glacier.

Well, sh*t. What are we

waiting for? Come on.

Yeah, how far out on long island

can two people go for, say, 15 dollars?

Not far.

Will it get us

to a 516 area code?

Yeah.

Don't do anything

suspicious alright.

- Like what?

- You know what i mean.

Where'd you come from?

New york city.

Big deal.

What the hell are you

doing to that machine?

Listen, pal, take it easy.

It's the f***ing

clutch assembly.

It won't stay in gear.

It's open.

What?

- Hey, what's your name?

- Ned.

Listen ned. How much will you

pay me to fix this motorcycle?

- It can't be fixed.

- Yes, it can.

- It will never run again.

- Yes, it will. I promise.

There's nothing like a machine

to make a man feel insignificant.

- Ned's parents used to own this cafe.

- Oh, yeah?

They're dead now.

I'm sorry to hear that.

They had a suicide pact.

What?

It was awful.

Blood all over the place.

Do you have any idea what area

this exchange might belong to?

Eight eight four.

I don't know.

Let's call the operator.

Got a quarter?

Hello, operator.

I need to know

what region of long island

has the exchange 884.

Eah, i realize

it's an uncommon request,

but my boyfriend

is bleeding to death.

Thank you.

She's looking it up.

Sagaponeck.

Kim?!

What's going on in here?

Oh...

nothing.

Get back over

and get on the bus.

And who are you?

I'm a friend of ned's.

- You don't look familiar.

- I'm not from around here.

I see.

- Sagaponeck.

- Don't mention it.

- What difference does it make?

- It would mean he's innocent.

The man's a fanatic. A dangerous fanatic.

Whether he's innocent or not.

He was a radical.

That doesn't make him a fanatic.

A lot of people

were radical back then.

- Do you agree that he's a criminal?

- So are you.

- No, that's different.

- How's that different?

Look, dennis. The difference

between me and dad

is i just f***ed with the law,

he f***ed with the government.

- The law and government are the same thing.

- No, it isn't.

The government doesn't

have to obey the law.

Well, maybe that's not

the way things should be.

Who wants a f***ing government

that's got to obey the law?

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