"It's Your Turn, Laura" "If only I didn't care." "If only I couId forget." "IfI could bust every damn mirror and window," "I'd be happy." "IfI never damn-weII saw myself again... but no." "Can't take two steps without seeing my reflection somewhere, getting older, and fatter." "Whoever said fat people age slower must be skinny as hell!" "Ourface may be smoother but we got bulges and rolls all over." "New veins pop every day." "Your kidneys get weaker, you have trouble standing." "You may be "young at heart," but your body soon lets you down." "What's the point?" "What good's a young heart in an old body?" "Afat, old body." "I dream of staying home alone, watching TV, no mirrors anywhere, eating whatever I want, all the chips and Pepsi I care to have." "IfI were alone..." "I'd be less edgy." "Maybe I wouldn't wanna eat constantly, and I'd stop getting fatter." "I gain weight 'cause my husband says I'm fat." "My daughter says I'm fat." "Raymond, my eldest, says I'm fat." "The more they say it, the more I eat." "The youngest doesn't say it yet, but it won't be long." "At school, he'II realize not all moms are sows like me." "Just let me eat in peace." "It's all I have left in life, dammit!" "I say that, Doctor, yet I've been coming here for nearly 10 years." "Thank you." "See you next week." "Oh, my shot." "Manon!" "Come and eat or I'II come down and get you!" "Let's put on your shoes." "Stop going limp!" "No!" "help me out!" "I'II be late forthe doctor, then last in line and back late for Dad's supper." "Come on, push." "Push!" "Here." "I'II be back in time for supper." "I'm getting married." "Don't you care?" "Gotta be brave to climb those stairs in this heat." "That's nothing." "I did it on my knees." "That way, you can sit on your heels and rest." "I took $40 from the cash." "Going to the bank, dear?" "Sure, laugh at me." "Some day, you'II see..." "Yourtime will come." "Bye." "hello, Mme DussauIt." "See you again." "Damn, it drops so slowly." "Come on, Iet's go." "It's OK." "That's what you say!" "Why'd we get on here?" "We're late!" "So get on." "No!" "It's a mile long, wobbIes like crazy." "Like it's built on rolling pins." "Don't run!" "I said, stop running!" "Just wait til I nab you!" "Stop!" "You'II kill yourself!" "Don't be scared, it's OK!" "It's fun!" "little hellion." "Go ahead, use the handrail, it's easy." "Mind your own business." "Wait til I get you!" "Fun, eh?" "Wait, I'II run afteryou." "Move it, fatso!" "Never seen a moving sidewalk before?" "Hey, you..." "Mama!" "Let go, I'II fall!" "Let go!" "I said, Iet go!" "That's it, laugh at me!" "Want another?" "I don't wanna go with you!" "Fine." "Don't come!" "What on earth could a mother do that her kids turn out like that?" "little scamp, you're all dirty." "We haven't even left yet." "What a cow." "Stumpy legs, dragging her ass." "Yeah...when she gets up her dress'II be stuck in the crack." "Why do they say those things?" "'Cause I'm fat, dammit." "I'm fat." "These folks are lucky." "Casino's right near by." "Mme Cadieux!" "I wasn't sure back there." "I recognized your boy." "I expected you at bingo last night." "Yeah, sorry I didn't go." "Vovonne invited us for cards at their place." "You coulda called me." "honestly, I forgot." "I knew you were there with your daughter." "Come on..." "You're not gonna hold that against me?" "I can't!" "Who would I beat playing cards at the doctor's?" "I couldn't come last week, I had visitors." "needless to say, I broke my diet." "Was everyone there?" "Yes." "Germaine Lauzon's even back!" "No way!" "It's true!" "So?" "well..." "She smells just as bad." "Oh, my God!" "hold me back!" "Before I lunge at that ad and devour it!" "You nut." "Your nose is right on its birdie!" "That's the flavour I was looking for." "Good God!" "My kid!" "I forgot him!" "No, don't worry!" "He's not too little..." "to get off at the next stop!" "There are lots of people, and police..." "Stay here, I'II look for him." "Don't move, I'II be right back!" "I'II find him!" "Aha, tricked you!" "little prick!" "I'II show you a trick!" "What's his name again?" "little kid!" "little kid!" "Li'I kid!" "It's not my job." "Stop interrupting me!" "Shut up!" "Ijust want my friend to stop looking for my kid." "What kid?" "This one!" "Why's she looking for him?" "She thinks he's lost!" "Where?" "McGiII Station." "That's where you lost him?" "No, here!" "So why's she looking there?" "Because..." "Oh, screw off." "C'mon." "Officer, we lost a boy!" "Yeah..." "We were laughing like mad, we realized he was gone." "He was sitting nicely on the train next to his mom." "We were going for ourweight-Ioss shots." "I dunno how this could happen!" "We were right there, watching." "You're telling me this kid's under 6?" "Okay, he's 6." "He was born in June, he just turned 6." "He's not in school yet." "Screw the regulations." "No fare for him til he's in school!" "You just don't wanna pay twice." "That's not it!" "He didn't pay before, why should he here?" "I'm not leaving til he pays." "The Transit Commission won't miss $1!" "You're overdoing it!" "You're not a bus driver, you're a cop!" "And it's my fault." "IfI hadn't put my nose on the birdie, it wouldn't have happened." "You gotta find that kid, officer!" "I'm not a cop," "I'm a security guard across the street." "You coulda said something, bloody fool!" "Li'I kid!" "little kid!" "please, please!" "I'II report you if you don't move." "Yes, sir." ""Three small cats, cats, cats..." ""A straw hat, hat, hat..." ""A doormat, mat, mat..." ""sleeping Beauty..." "C'mon, son." "Come along." ""GynecoIogist"" "No receptionist?" "Nope." "Doctor retired her and replaced her." "With whom?" "A number dispenser." "That thing'II accept my health card?" "If not, the doctorwiII, don't worry." "Go play outside." "Stay close, away from the traffic." "Bye, girls." "Goodness, is anything wrong?" "No, it's just that..." "Isn't Mme Therrien with you?" "No." "No!" "His mom and I lost him together." "Lost... togeth" "Where's his mother?" "Looking for him!" "Where?" "Where she lost him." "Where's that?" "The Arts Center stop." "Why're you looking here?" "'Cause he stayed on the train!" "Then why's she looking there?" "She's not!" "She's waiting for me!" "I'm looking, she's waiting." "You just said she was looking!" "You're so stupid, you just don't get it." "Where do they find police as dumb as you?" "talk to them and they stare back open-mouthed, almost drooling." "The first thing they should teach cops is to close their damn mouth when people talk to them!" "still into monsters?" "Frankenstein's Adventures might amuse you." "No way." "I'd rather play cards before the others get here." "Were you first?" "Just about." "told you last week I'd get here before you all." "But I'd never dare precede the Queen Mother." "Who opened up, the number machine?" "No, silly, the cleaning lady." "Who're they?" "Immigrants." "I can see that." "They look like gypsies." "Have they been here before?" "First time I've seen 'em." "For sure, they're Arab." "I dunno." "only they would go around veiled in heat like this." "Hope they reak less than the ones on the bus." "I always wear perfume when I go out." "You sure wore enough today." "Like the Jews Ijust saw." "Wearing black in August, with foreIocks and skullcaps." "felt like chasing 'em with scissors." "Seems it's their religion:" "so Jesus can pull them up to heaven by their locks." "And people with short, neatly combed hair?" "Where'II they go?" "Limbo?" "Pete works construction." "One ofhis bosses is a sheik in a turban." "It's no joke!" "people should stay where they were born!" "Hope they don't understand French." "Maybe they don't read French numbers and I can go ahead of them." "Watch my bag." "I gotta go." "I've already served about 50 kids today." "Why would he come in here alone?" "'Cause he knows this store." "Santa claus..." "the little Christmas train." "I really don't remember seeing a little boy alone." "Li'I kid!" "So now it's numbers, Iike at the bakery." "She's nuts." "Something funny?" "Yeah..." "Your empty shoes..." "like you're the wife of the invisible Man." "WouIdn't she make a good wife forthe invisible Man?" "I dunno, I never saw him." "Look!" "She's not deaf." "Thought she was deaf and dumb, but she's just dumb." "Not so loud!" "Life's sad enough, she should let us be." "Mme BrouiIIette, you can't see the invisible Man." "Yeah, so?" "Stupid jokes aren't funny." "So, Lucette, how's your Noxema?" "The same." "It'II never go away." "But it's almost gone from yourface." "You should see inside my ears." "How long have you known each other?" "Since primary school." ""I made herwedding gown." ""Your mom said to hang our rosaries out" ""before yourwedding to get good weather." ""So, was it a nice day?" ""We used to do such silly things."" "Those were the days." "It was Expo '67." "I'm delivering to Larose." "hello, albert." "What a nice surprise!" "What may I offeryou, lovely Mme Thibodeau?" "I haven't decided yet." "Anything special you'd suggest for supper?" "Something not too fatty." "Tasty and... juicy." "But it'd have to be delivered later." "We're going to the doctor forweight-Ioss shots." "Don't do that." "HeaIthy-Iooking women are lovely." "well... it's quiet here this afternoon." "Afternoons are always like this." "Must be the heat." "Even if..." "I closed a while, no one would complain." "SyIvie, c'mere, sweetie." "Go get an ice cream at the corner." "A doubIe-scoop." "What about her diet?" "She'II start tomorrow." "Oh, you..." "Yes!" "Oh, yes..." "definitely... no luck this week." "Me neither." "Damn." "The person before you musta hit the jackpot." "Guess I'II try my last one there." "No!" "You should play the Midas." "Yeah?" "Li'I kid?" "Li'I kid!" "Is it good?" "I'm not in." "Huh?" "I'm not in." "I must be too low." "Hey..." "It's not working." "Christ, you're too high!" "What's this movie?" "Catherine Deneuve as a whore turning tricks in a carriage, and getting whipped in castles." "What?" "Yeah, it's the old days." "really dumb." "Don't much like Deneuve." "She thinks she's so gorgeous." "well she is." "I prefer Anouk Aimée." "She was in A Man and a Woman." "That was a great love story." "Not like movies today, all sex and violence." "Rememberthe end?" "Running in the sand into her lover's arms." "I'd run a mile on my knees in gravel forthat guy." "Jean-Louis Trintignant." "No kidding." "I Iike the theme song." "Oh, sweetie, Iet me kiss it better." "Who's for cards?" "A buck a shot is a Iot." "No fooling around here." "Last one." "Come to Vonnie." "I won!" "I won!" "Get containers!" "Don't worry!" "After $500 it stops." "They pay the rest in a check." "It's too good to be true!" "I won $1,000?" "C'mon, you won $5,000!" "Five thousand bucks!" "Look!" "I won $5,000!" "Look, everyone, I won $5,000!" "Can I help you?" "You look totally lost." "The little boy's gone..." "Pooryou." "Have him paged." "I don't know his name!" "He won't understand unless they call his first name!" "What about store security?" "Right." "Maybe they're less stupid than police." "Thanks." "The first uniform I see..." "Uniform!" "Fat chance." "There are no real officers in big stores." "only fake cops dressed as customers?" "How will I recognize one?" "I'II show you police!" "Do I Iook that bad?" "I didn't say that," "I said you look like a guard." "Maybe you're the cop!" "Can't fool me." "I never stole a thing and I neverwiII." "I'm not a guard!" "I'm looking for one." "I lost a little boy." "So you ask people if they're cops instead ofIooking?" "I don't like being ridiculed So now..." "Is this kid lost or not?" "Yes, he is." "What's your son look like?" "He's not mine." "Whose is he?" "I've been tryin' to tell you..." "Aren't you a cop catching people underfaIse pretenses?" "So they're hiring actress-guards." "Now I've seen everything!" "I fold." "Me too." "I see you." "Pay up." "Whaddya say to that?" "Take it." "It's all mine." "Take some banana, go play outside." "Bye, girls." "Have some popcorn." "No cholesterol." "Never salt." "Wonder if those work." "It's not expensive, only $39." "Per month." "How many months?" "Depends which one you get." "How do you know?" "'Cause I have one." "It's a "walker"." "But mine's very expensive." "Nothing but the best, eh?" "I may have pimples, but my stomach's flat as a board." "We know you're skinny." "Sorry, but..." "I'm not skinny." "I'm slim." "There's a difference." "You certainly don't need weight-Ioss shots." "Get offit." "You know very well I come 'cause my ovaries are "oh-very" bad." "Two, please." "Me too." "I fold." "Me too." "My walker's in the car." "I'II go get it." "For us, it'd take more than a walker." "It'd take Iiposuction." "How's that done?" "First they put you under." "Then they stick a little vacuum in your navel, and suck out all the fat." "I know a woman who had the vacuum thing done on herthighs." "They didn't do it evenly and now she's all lumpy." "No, it's not working at all." "I starved myself all week and only lost half a pound." "I think my scale is broken." "Whaddya mean?" "I've had the damn thing nearly 10 years!" "Sure." "I got it with Canadian Tire money." "That's it..." "When I think of the size 16 I bought forthe doctor's." "I'II never get into it." "Whaddya mean, "for sure"?" "I can still try, can't I?" "Five grand!" "Gotta call Dédé." "Phone." "Fuck it." "Are you coming?" "Gimme a chance." "Get out." "Go on!" "Go on!" "hello?" "Mme Vovonne?" "Your husband?" "Yes..." "He's right in the middle of..." "The jackpot?" "Yes, I'II get him." "SyIvie!" "What're you doing here?" "I came for Aunt alice." "She's in the back..." "choosing a piece of meat." "Where are you going?" "To get her." "Come, I'II buy you an ice cream cone." "Just had one." "A chocolate bar." "I get pimples." "Chips, then." "But my diet!" "Start tomorrow!" "Here." "Go on, hurry up!" "Yes, well, he's not here." "He went to buy a cone." "I mean, a bag of chips, two scoops." "Two scoops?" "Oh, fuck this." "Battery's dead?" "Seems so." ""Comin' from the casino," ""5 bucks, 10 bucks, 5000 bucks..." ""Ain't we got the Midas touch..." ""Vovonne, the jackpot she has won." "Thanks!" "See you again!" "So?" "No, it doesn't fit!" "Yes, I'm doing that but it's too tight." "bloody hell." "It's unfair." "Excuse me?" "Yes?" "Have you seen a little boy?" "Sorry, I don't understand..." "I'm looking..." "A little boy..." "Heavens!" "Do you drag that everywhere?" "No." "I'm visiting my sistertonight, and I exercise every day." "It's not hard, I'II show you." "First, you relax." "relax your body..." "Then you put yourfeet here," "lean against the pad, grab the bar, and you stride, you stride," "8, 7, 6..." "Ski cross-country!" "Forget exercising, in heat like this!" "floating in a pool full ofice is the only exercise I'd do." "So what's this miracle diet?" "More tasteless crap?" "Stride, stride, stride!" "Arms in the air!" "Look down, sideways, up, down!" "Mme GIadu, very good!" "careful." "It's yourturn, Laura." "Forget that, it's too hot." "Scared?" "Of what?" "Try it out, it's fun!" "So I see." "There's nothing to it, come on!" "After Mme BrouiIIette." "honestly, Laura." "And I stride, I stride..." "What's going on?" "I won $5,000!" "Vovonne's back!" "Dédé?" "Whatcha doing?" "Nothing." "Aren't you working?" "Sure." "Whatcha waiting for?" "Nothing." "Where's Dédé?" "Who?" "My husband, dammit!" "God, you're dim." "Move!" "holy shit." "Don't come in, it's too cold." "I won 5,000!" "Five grand!" "Now we can go to the casino in atlantic City, Iover-man!" "Aren't you glad?" "Yeah." "Let's celebrate." "Now?" "Why not?" "Here?" "A quickie..." "control yourself!" "You wolf..." "It's too cold in here..." "Anything else?" "That'II be all." "Bye, handsome." "See ya." "That woman's got a Iot of nerve." "What do you mean?" "Seems she's man-crazy." "Come on." "Those are just local rumours." "But my in-Iaw saw her at a male strip club." "She goes there monthly, with the butcher's wife, no less." "Vovonne?" "Yes." "...At Go-Go Boys?" "I'II be damned." "Can I help you?" "Lunch is over." "I was wondering... whetheryou had seen..." "No, eh?" "little boys don't come here alone." "Excuse me, Madame." "This may be expensive, but it's defective." "You broke it." "No, it just came apart." "How much weight can it take?" "So now I'm too fat!" "That's not what I meant!" "It's what you said!" "calm down, it was just an accident!" "Are they laughing at me?" "Cut the paranoia!" "That one's going for a smoke!" "Now we've seen it all." "Yeah, right." "veiled closet smokers." "Another game, girls?" "I don't feel like it." "Me neither." "Me neither." "I'II play solitaire." "Back outside and leave us in peace, Christ's sake!" "It's frightening they've stopped wearing habits." "Imagine St. Theresa decked out like that, hair slicked back." "What a pretty picture that'd make." "The world has flipped:" "Women in veils, nuns without them." "Eitheryou're a nun oryou're not." "They thought veils were too oId-fashioned." "Now they dress like the great unwashed." "If God told them to dress like that," "He doesn't know women." "Once..." "long ago... when my girl MadeIeine was about 16, she spent a week with Pete's cousin, who's a nun." "When she came back home, she had a funny air about her." ""After supper," ""Pete had a little talk with her."" "Those goddamn nuns, I'd Iike to kill the bloody lot of them!" "She's been filling Maddy's head with ideas about being a nun." "Christ." "Crying out loud!" "Imagine telling a girl the Lord wants herto save souls!" "Can you see her stuck in that?" "I'd rather her "stuck" there than in a cult." "They're everywhere." "Goddamn fucking..." "Stop swearing!" "For once." "That might help!" "I'II go try talking to her." "Can I come in?" "Is this nun thing serious?" "No." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure." "Stay here, Mum." "I need you." ""We spent half an hour like that." ""Then she fell asleep." ""It warmed my heart." ""It was the best moment of my Iife."" "She never mentioned it again." "An adolescent notion, I guess." "Sometimes I wonder if we'd encouraged her, what would've happened?" "I wouldn't have grandkids!" "My daughter'd look like a dike with bad hair and yellow teeth." "Sure!" "The nuns would never spring for her dentures." "Anyway..." "I hate to think..." "Your boy's wrecking the garden." "So what?" "Boys will be boys." "LOST ITEMS" "A boy is not an item, Madame." "Oh, here we go again..." "I know that, you idiot!" "Go to hell, all of you." "What a place..." "You gotta steal things to find a cop!" "Put your Lost Items up your ass, dammit!" "And tell your guards to wear a badge or something so they're recognizable!" "A Coke, please." "Diet?" "No, classic." "I need a lift." "Aren't you the one with the little boy?" "Haven't you found him yet?" "Pooryou." "He must have gone to the end of the line." "Kids that age like riding the subway." "You'II get nightmares reading stuffIike that." "I get nightmares... when I Iook at you." "basically, no matterwhat we do, ourwhoIe family is fat." "You're not so fat, but you're not thin either." "It's not obvious, you wear loose clothes." "But in a bathing suit, you're hard to miss." "Are they sugarIess?" ""Low-caI"." "OK, thanks." "Never sugar." "Madame GIadu?" "Sorry I was rude earlier." "It's just..." "I'm a bit edgy right now." "Sorry." "It's alright, I'm over it!" "Her husband again?" "What a creep." "I'd rather be alone forever than married to a guy like that." "I sympathize." ""I'm getting married."" "claude asked me, and I said yes." "That's it?" "Dad..." "I announce my engagement and all you do is turn up the TV?" "Fine." "I'm leaving in a week!" "Neverthought my Raymonde would land a guy so fast." "She's my girl, I Iove her." "But I know she's not pretty." "Who'd have thought?" "She found an ugly guy to marry her." "I'II be alone with my husband." "alone with him, what'II I do?" "Saturday, when he goes for his 40-ouncer." "I'II lock myseIfin my room." "Ifhe wants to break everything, he will." "Raye won't be there to moderate." "Or make supper Wednesdays when I'm at the doctor's." "Why not come Tuesday nights?" "I'm used to Wednesdays with you girls." "I'm used to you." "Tuesday's girls aren't the same." "I couldn't be such good chums with them." "I'm gonna miss Raymonde." "He's not the reason I want her around." "And divorce?" "In my family, we don't divorce." "We endure." "And we cry, alone, in our corner." "As my mother said, we're born alone and we die alone." "luckily, we have friends along the way." "Don't worry, we won't desert you." "Ever." "I know." "You're real pals." "It's a little over 800 grams." "Bye, Dédé, see you later!" "Where are you going?" "To feast my eyes." "Can I come?" "No!" "Where I'm going is exciting forwomen, boring for men." "That Vovonne." "She'II spend everything she just won." "No way." "Five thousand bucks at..." "You don't know her." "When she gets going she can't stop." "Get set, Ijust saw your idol outside!" "The darling of the waiting room arrives!" "Oscar BIanchette?" "Speak foryourseIves, he really bugs me." "He's like André Beauregard in casablanca..." "He's called Humphrey Bogart." "He's like and immigrant in that hat." "It's to be chic." "He looks like a sap wearing one in August." "Ladies." "Sister." "Mme Touchette." "hello, Mme BrouiIIette." "Mme Cadieux." "mile BoIduc." "So, ladies, what's new?" "fool." "Not much." "Not much at all." "We've been coming for 10 years." "Nothing ever changes." "And you?" "Damn fool!" "I feel like reminding her she's 47." "Don't." "Yeah..." "Maybe she told him she's turning 39." "She would." "Li'I kid?" "Li'I kid!" "beautiful day." "A man coming to the gynecologist so often ...it's really weird." "They've been friends since childhood." "They went to school together." "Says Lucy." "I think they guy has "women's problems"." "What women's problem could a man have?" "If there is one, he must have it." "He's a little too suave and dandyish for my liking." "I wouldn't say he's a faggot." "But I wouldn't want her duped by some fop who'd just let her down." "Chips?" "Too much grease." "No, they're fat-free!" "Thanks." "Damn, it's hot today!" "Air-conditioner's broken." "With your corpuIence, the heat must be hard to take." "My corpuIence..." "Not an hour goes by before someone reminds me again." "Come on." "He probably meant no harm." "The doctor says it's not fat." "It's water retention." "My kidney doesn't work, so I retain water." "I get shots to make me pee, pills to make me pee." "I drink 4 pints of water a day to make me pee." "Spending life on the can isn't much fun." "You're not kidding." "In the car, I try hard to keep quiet." "But hell, finally I can't hold it." "Pete can always tell when I have to go." "He stops by the road:" ""Go kill some flowers, fatso!"" "I don't kill many, I only piss water." "But I don't lose weight." "Why not?" "I'm supposed to diet too!" "I've tried dieting." "I've done ScarsdaIe, Weight Watchers, the works." "But..." "Guess there's no God forthe fat." "No matterwhat, it's always the same thing: dieting." "I tell ya..." "Pete'd have to bring me celery while I spent my days on the can." "Christ!" "I'm human!" "Nothing I do works, it's not my fault!" "I was born to be fat." "I'II be called "fat" all my Iife, trying everything, to no avail." "When I think about it," "I wanna run to Secord's, buy 2 Ibs of chocolates, eat 'em all and everyone be damned!" "Why don't you?" "'Cause I'm usually barefoot." "You don't run barefoot in the street for chocolate!" "In the meantime, I piss!" "Pierrot, come along now." "The ever-siIent and mysterious Mme Touchette." "feel like taking her seat, just to see her reaction." "No one's dared do that before." "It'd be funny, just picture it." "Do yourfeet hurt?" "No, my butt's numb." "Excuse me..." "Is there a receptionist?" "No, she's been replaced by a number dispenser." "Is it a Iong wait?" "It's just..." "I'm pregnant." "Good thing she told us." "I'm expecting twins." "Yeah..." "I'm expecting, and I'm a widow." "Don't say you've been one for 2 years." "We'd have to think it was the work of the holy Ghost." "Monsieur BIanchette!" "No, it really was my husband." "Before he died." "naturally." "Spare me the satin sheets." "I got some once." "We ended up sliding around in bed." "floral?" "No." "floral sheets give Henry headaches when he sleeps." "I gotta go." "Too late forthe doctor, it's almost time for supper!" "My husband was in construction." "Yeah." "He died." "From a new nail gun no one was famiIiarwith." "They had a few too many at lunch, and my husband... was showing off." "Seems he said..." ""This thing can't be all that great."" "He stood a few feet away holding a board," "A guy aimed it at him." "The nail went clean through the board into his forehead." "Quick!" "Let her breathe!" "Undo her bra!" "It's OK, I'm fine." "Weird, eh?" "Every time I tell that story, someone faints." "Sorry, Ma'am." "IfI'd known..." "You'd have added detail." "Come on." "He died of a nail in the brain, not a peck on the cheek!" "I wanted to die too." "I took pills..." "It didn't work?" "No." "Wrong ones." "I mean..." "How can you forget a gorgeous guy like that?" "Some nights... he'd stand on the bed in his shorts... flexing his muscles." "So exciting...." ""The body..."" ""IfI only cared about that, I wouldn'a married Pete."" ""although..."" ""it might be fun to touch that, just once."" "A lull in the party!" "Put on some music." "Yeah!" "nostalgia Radio on FM." "This music reminds me of my parents." "C'mon, I'II show you how my dad danced!" "May I have this dance?" "And don't expect a tip, you damn thief!" "I'II report you to the CLSC!" "...the CRTC!" "..." "Whatever!" "I'II report you!" "Crook!" "There's a limit!" "What're you doing here?" "You made it alone?" "Can't be." "Who brought you?" "Your mom musta sent the whole police force afteryou!" "Get inside!" "Get!" "You little scoundrel, I'II show you..." "little brat, get in here!" "The jig's up!" "You hear me?" "Mme Therrien, what's wrong?" "You'II never believe it." "I Iooked forthis kid the whole damn afternoon, and finally took a cab here." "A cab!" "AII the way from Angrignon!" "Ataxi!" "Who do I see when I get out?" "Him!" "Thought I was seeing things, I'II tell ya." "Poor Laura must be down at the police station worried sick, while this brat plays outside with popsicle sticks!" "This kid deserves a bloody good spanking!" "honestly!" "You could've at Ieast told them you were here!" "I've had it!" "Poor Mme Therrien!" "Have a seat." "calm down a little!" "What are you talking about?" "Where do I start?" "So much happened." "I dunno ifI can remember." "Go on!" "Go wallow in the mud!" "I gotta gather my wits and try to reach your mom!" "There's something I don't get." "It's simple!" "We lost him in the subway." "I thought, he may be little but he'II get off at the next stop." "So I went looking there, yelling, "little kid!"" ""Li'I kid!"" "Why didn't you call him by name?" "I don't remember his name!" "He wouldn'a understood if they paged him as" ""Mme Cadieux's little boy"." "I don't mean her boy is stupid." "I mean, he's young." "After a while I thought, it's useless." "Ifhe had died, he'd already be dead." "So, I took a cab here." "It cost $24.90!" "Those bastards!" "24 bucks and 90 cents!" "Now, we gotta call the police, and tell poor Mme Cadieux!" "Why?" "They were both here all afternoon!" "If this is a trick, I'II tell you right now," "I'II kill you." "Is that it?" "Atrick?" "We have been here all afternoon..." "You mean, this was all for nothing?" "And he's not even dead, little heIIer!" "Where is he, the bugger?" "I'II kill the both of you!" "control yourself!" "She's right!" "This is none of your affair!" "Yes it is!" "That's no way to treat people!" "Poor Mme Therrien!" "Never even mentioned it, eh?" "Screw off." "You don't know anything." "I know you!" "Not true!" "She's not Iike that!" "How would you know?" "You see her once a week." "well, what do you come for?" "You're not even fat." "I'II tell you why she comes!" "To swoon over her phoney friend overthere." "Goodness." "Did the shit hit the fan?" "Yep, and it stinks." "You're just a damn bigmouth!" "AII you do is suck up..." "Enough!" "Good Lord...she talks!" "This is like a hen house." "please stop this rudeness right now." "Have some respect foryour surroundings." "Respect?" "This ain't a church, dammit!" "I'II bicker all I want." "This, Mme LaSnotte, is none of your affair!" "Right!" "See that?" "Might she be jealous of all the fun we have?" "It's up to herto mingle, not sit there like a chamberpot." "We're waiting for a doctor, not our last rites!" "Listen..." "Thought you were my friend." "But I am." "With friends like you, who needs enemies?" "Don't take it like that!" "Hey, your shoes!" "How did you get a cold in heat like this?" "No idea." "Get ahold of yourself!" "calm down." "Leave me alone!" "I made a fool of myself, I'II neverforgive you!" "Ijust couldn't resist hearing you tell the story." "I coulda been committed or arrested for nothing!" "Don't exaggerate." "You always overreact." "I made a public fool of myself all afternoon for nothing, while you Iounged around like a fat cat in air conditioning." "It doesn't even work!" "Tough luck!" "I'm so pissed off, I'II neverforgive you!" "What're you doing?" "Going home!" "And your shot?" "Too late." "No, c'mon!" "You can take my turn." "I don't want yourturn, or anything to do with you!" "Don't say that." "Come back!" "Is she getting on or not?" "No she's not, get it?" "Now, calm down." "Taxi!" "Let me go!" "Not before you listen..." "Is he nuts?" "Listen, gimme 2 minutes and you'II understand." "When I saw my boy on the other platform..." "He came back on the very next train..." "Yeah, he was a looker alright." "And endowed to keep you up at night." "Hey, girls!" "Doctor's coming." "None too soon." "Mme Touchette." "well, he's eagerto work on her." "Excuse me." "really!" "In front of a man." "Man?" "He's more like a priest." "Ifhe did it instead ofbIushing about it, he'd seem less uptight." "Here they come." "Come in..." "Come sit down." "You must be tired." "Sorry about what I said." "I lost my head." "But I'd never set upon you." "Don't want a knitting needle in the back!" "I woulda stuck 'em somewhere else!" "My husband's been getting fat as a pig." "It's more complicated." "belly to belly." "Sometimes it's hard to find each other." "Mme Thibodeau is getting to know Mme Tardif." "Meaning, she's recounting her sex life with her husband." "Orthe miIkman." "Orthe butcher." "Or muscle Man." "Who?" "No one." "And you..." "What do you think of sex?" "I'm too tired to think." "I saw that suit in a magazine!" "Now it's on me!" "Your husband must be selling lots of meat..." "Did you strike it rich?" "I hit the jackpot!" "You have a cuckold's luck, as the French say." "luckily, Dédé asks for his nightly treat." "Eh, alice?" "Cards, girls?" "Forget the cards, and the doctor." "I'm taking us all out to dinner!" "Tonight, we can eat all we want!" "So I may precede you ladies!" "Come with us!" "You're part of the gaggle, too!" "I mean...part of the gang." "I'IIjoin you after I've seen the doctor." "See you soon, ladies." "alice, look at you!" "You left the house haIf-dressed again." "Good!" "Let's go, girls." "well." "Come with us, Mme Tardif." "Two piwi daiquiris, a pina colada, 2 coconut akus." "A boIo, 2 voIcanos, a mai-tai, a royal fantasy, a coco loco." "A pink dragon, a Margarita." "Juice forthe boy." "Shrimp foo-yung, chicken soo-gai, beef Tiki, baIi-miki, 2 bobo platters." "plain steamed rice forthe lady." "Chicken chow-mein, pineapple chicken, frogs legs, pork chop-suey, chow-mein, beef with peppers, pineapple ribsteak, fortune cookies all around." "Shrimp fried rice." "A shirley temple, and wings all around!" "Too much!" "Here comes our Germaine for supper!" "Just in time to order!" "Go wild!" "Vovonne's paying!" "Yeah, she struck it rich!" "Bring me one of those smoky drinks..." "Yes." ""Our snob is a waitress."" "Am I dreaming?" "No, it's really her." "It's really good!" "Aren't you eating your chicken?" "I'II try it." "So the little clitoris says to the big clitoris," ""I heard you don't come any more." The other says," ""That's just tongue-wagging."" "94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99..." "A hundred!" "And... 1, 2, 3..." "Now, to top things off, I invite you to the Go-Go Boys!" "Weenies otherthan our husband's?" "I've never gone there." "Afterthe first time, your car goes back like a horse to the stable, all by itself." "Mr BIanchette, I know naked guys don't interest you." "It'd be fun to go along!" "So, Iet's go!" "Don't you wanna come?" "Thanks." "My husband's waiting." "Mme Therrien?" "Mine too." "well, then..." "See you next week at the doctor's." "My car's parked right nearby..." "I can take Mr BIanchette..." "There's room forthree..." "Coming, Mom?" "No, wait." "Come on!" "Wait..." "Come on, Mom." "Come on, Mme Cadieux." "Come on, Mom!" "Gimme your hand, it's fine, you'II see." "C'mon!" "See?" "That wasn't so bad." "well, no..." "I'm nuts!" "Say, what's your boy's name?" "translation:" "kathleen FIeming Anrá Médiatextes, montreal" "subtitles:" "CNST, montreal"