On the Avenue Page #6

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Presto.

Careful.

- Wait for us, Binns.

- Very good, sir.

Smells good in here.

Nice and cosy, huh? Let's sit here, shall we?

What are you gonna have?

We got hamburgers, ham and eggs,

bacon and eggs, lamb chops, fried potatoes.

For pie, we got apple, peach,

apricot, coconut, custard,

lemon meringue and punk.

Say what?

We got apple, peach, lemon...

How's about some soup, kids?

- What kind of soup have you got?

- Vegetable, creamed tomatoes,

asparagus, split pea and oxtail.

- We'll take coffee.

- And doughnuts.

Coffee and 'nuts coming up.

Hey, buddy, throw us

the salt and pepper, will ya?

Sure.

Thanks.

Hey, mister, pitch us the ketchup, will ya?

Coming up.

Thanks.

Hey, toots.

Hey, toots, throw us the sugar, will ya?

Coming up.

Thanks.

Two doughnuts, two coffees. Anything else?

- A spoon.

- Catch.

Catch.

- Well, here's how.

- Here's how.

- I wonder what the holes are for?

- Ventilation.

Oh, the flies in here are terrible.

Pick out the ones you don't like, toots,

and I'll kill 'em for ya.

Thanks, buddy.

- Hey, toots, throw us the sugar, will ya?

- Sure.

- Thanks.

- Think nothing of it.

- Hey, captain, how much?

- Two coffees, four doughnuts, 30 cents.

Here's one we didn't use.

- No bites?

- And no bruises.

- All right, 25 cents.

- How much is that in francs?

- Francs don't work here no more.

- How much in roubles?

- Roubles? That's Russian!

- Russian!

The Winter Palace, the Tsar,

the snow, the sleigh bells, the wolves.

- Oh, it takes me back to Moscow.

- Mishka, take me to Moscow with you.

Before you go, I want 25 cents.

You got a one-track mind. Give him 25 cents.

All right, all right.

There you are. 25 cents.

I shot my last ten bucks at the shooting

gallery. You'll have to lend me some.

Help yourself.

Oh, we've only got 13 cents between us.

I don't know from nothing. I want 25 cents.

Now, look. You can trust me.

Haven't I an honest face?

I can't buy more doughnuts with your face.

I want 25 cents.

- Maybe we'll tell him who we are.

- I'm Gary Blake.

That's not my fault.

That's how famous you are.

I'll tell him who I am. Mimi Caraway.

That's fine. I'm Joe Papaloupas. So what?

- How do you do?

- Hello.

- Gary, I want you to meet Mr Pap...

- Papaloupas.

- How do you do, Mr Papaloupas?

- Hello. What is this? I gotta make more pies.

- What kind of pies?

- Apple, peach, coconut, custard...

- Let's go. This is where we came in.

- You don't go till I get 25 cents!

- He wants 25 cents.

- I want 25 cents.

Listen, Mr Papaloupas...

Or may I call you Joe?

You can call me anything for 25 cents.

- I've got a proposition to make.

- I got pies to make.

We owe you 25 cents, we haven't got 25 cents.

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