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To: Bobkk47
Bo Diddley played the pawnbroker in “Trading Places”.

"In Philadelphia, it's worth fifty dollars."

30 posted on 06/02/2008 9:17:54 AM PDT by dfwgator ( This tag blank until football season.)
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To: dfwgator

Pawnbroker: Burnt my fingers, man.

Louis Winthorpe III: I beg your pardon?

Pawnbroker: Man, that watch is so hot, it’s smokin’.

Louis Winthorpe III: Hot? Do you mean to imply stolen?

Pawnbroker: I’ll give you 50 bucks for it.

Louis Winthorpe III: Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the ‘80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!

Pawnbroker: You got a receipt?

Louis Winthorpe III: Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad.

Pawnbroker: In Philadelphia, it’s worth 50 bucks.

Louis Winthorpe III: Just give me the money.


37 posted on 06/02/2008 9:22:43 AM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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