Stanley & Iris Page #2

Want a ride home?

Well... guess it beats waiting around

for another 30 minutes. OK.

Have fun.

Honey, you got room for one more?

I see you got your bike back.

I had to buy another one, second-hand.

You don't drive a car?

I like a bike better. Cleaner, cheaper.

I'd take a new Chevy

if I could make the payments.

This town's getting too big.

I'd like to move to the country,

away from people.

Get some Rhode Island Reds,

some cows for milk,

maybe put a hex sign up on my barn.

- How about some barbed wire?

- No, a mean dog would do.

Have you always been a cook?

I'm a good cook. I like to cook.

Sorry, but the food in the canteen is lousy.

The boss is cheap. He won't buy

good stuff. You gotta buy good stuff.

With me, it's got to come out

of a box or can, whatever's fast.

That's my house.

Hi, Stanley! Hi!

- And that's my father.

- You still live at home?

I wasn't born till he was 50.

He likes to have me around.

Does he get along with your wife?

I don't have one.

You live with your father, you do your own

cooking and you're not married. Is that it?

That's about as much as I'll talk about.

All right.

What do you do with yourself

after work?

I go to the movies.

Alone?

I take a bag of popcorn.

You don't mix much, do you?

No.

You got something that's catching?

I think I'm about out of small talk.

I didn't stick my thumb out, Mr Cox,

you offered me a ride.

Right here.

- Thanks for the lift.

- Yes, ma'am.

A guy broke into that house

and bashed an old lady over the head.

It wasn't you, was it?

Not me. I don't even kill mosquitoes.

I'm home.

Chicken and peas and potatoes, please.

- Thanks.

- I'll have the same.

Chicken,

peas...

and potatoes.

Chicken.

And peas.

- Peas.

- Peas?

Bobby, you want to check the fruit?

I'm on top of it!

Uh, that shirt's gonna run.

You ought to separate

the whites from the colour.

I wash everything together.

Including my socks.

One load is four quarters.

You put in a pretty long day.

I don't mind.

Gets me out of the house.

Just sit here and watch the wash

go round and round.

Read my magazine.

There's a Chinese take-out next door.

Can I buy you an egg roll?

You sure can.

How long since he passed away?

- My husband?

- Mm.

Forever.

Eight months.

How are you getting along?

It's a heavy load.

Sometimes my knees bend.

Did he leave insurance?

- They cancelled.

- So money's tight?

I'm not gonna take any vacations

in Bermuda this year.

If I'm lucky, I'll get a day in Boston.

I'd love to go to Boston for a day,

stay in a hotel and have room service.

Where they charge you 2.50 for a coffee

and bring it to you in a silver pot

and put a chocolate

on your pillow and turn your bed down.

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