Primrose Path Page #4

You can pay it

some other time.

You can have my

share of them fish canneries.

Them sardines is

getting me down.

You get used to the smells

after 5 or 6 years.

How'd you like

to top off your lunch

with a nice slab

of sardine pie?

I ain't

feeling so good now.

Nobody feels good

that eats in here.

Leave off

them corny jokes.

You got to give the customers

something for their money.

Our food ain't no good.

Fix up that kid

with something to eat.

Boy, you're sure picking

them young, grandpappy-

right out of

grammar school.

What'll it be, al?

One of your 10 centers.

They're good ones.

Made 'em myself.

Best manila rope

in town.

A little longer, you could

hang yourself with it.

Bad enough

to have to smoke 'em.

Uh, don't look now,

but there's a truant officer

standing right behind you.

What'll it be, sister?

What do you think

I ought to have?

Well, you can't serve

that to schoolkids.

How about a nice bowl

of alphabet soup?

Here you are.

Don't pay no attention

to him. His mind wanders.

Maybe it never

came back.

You ain't getting

no laughs on her, big boy.

She'll laugh when she

eats that sandwich.

We paint the ham on

with a brush.

There's the whistle.

Well, give my regards

to the sardines.

Can I take this

with me?

Sure, go ahead.

Thank you.

Where's a good place this

kid can dig some clams?

What kind of clams

does she want?

The kind that don't

make so much noise.

That ought

to shut you up.

Say, she ain't so bad

on the comeback.

Never mind about her.

Did you get to town

and get them bolts

for the pump?

Aw, ain't no rush

about them bolts.

Maybe there ain't no rush for

you, but there is for the pump.

Say, who is that kid,

anyhow?

Never mind

who that kid is.

If you could get your mind

off women for 5 minutes,

we might be able to do

something around here.

Who wants to get

their mind off women?

How you doin'?

Doing all right.

Getting any clams?

There ain't any. I told them some

of your jokes, and they ran away.

You don't think

I'm funny, do you?

Nope. Well, I don't, either.

What do you tell

them dumb jokes for?

In my business, you

got to have repartee.

Got to have what?

Repartee. You don't

put on an act,

they go someplace

else to eat.

What's that got

to do with me?

Oh, nothing, except

when you didn't laugh,

I figured

you had some sense.

You know, them portugee

gals will laugh at anything.

Well, I ain't

a portugee gal.

That's what I say.

Hey, you ain't

doin' that right.

Who says I ain't?

You expect to find

clams under them rocks?

Maybe you know better.

You ought to have

a clam rake.

Maybe I oughta,

but I ain't got one.

There's a right way and a

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