THE SCENE: Police headquarters. A black and white slideshow in a smoky briefing room
CHIEF: That's Sammy One Eye. You all know him. That guy next to him is new. He's a bagman for the Gambino crime family. Our guy on the inside says his name is Johnny Four Fingers.
ROOKIE: Chief, when you say four fingers, I assume he has four fingers on one hand and the normal number on the other?
CHIEF: Don't assume anything, kid. For all we know he has exactly four fingers on each hand.
SERGEANT: I dunno, chief. Some of those guys are in pretty bad shape. Could be he only has four fingers total.
ROOKIE: Or maybe he has three fingers on one hand and five on the other, so four fingers is an average.
CHIEF: Maybe he's fucking Mexican and that's how much tequila he likes in his fucking Margarita! Watch the fucking slideshow!
SERGEANT: Right, chief.
See also:
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- A Good Character Name
- Scene for a Comedy
- Detail for a Buddy Comedy
- Throwaway Line
- Moment of Authenticity for a Future Novel
- Snippet from an Unwritten Comedy
- Phrase to Remember
- Vignette for a Yuppie Dumbass
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