:32:01
Did you, Brandon? Oh, you probably did.
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- Why don't you eat it, Phillip?
- I just don't.
:32:07
There must be a reason.
:32:09
Freud says there's a reason
for everything, even me.
:32:12
There's no reason, Janet.
:32:14
As I remember,
you have a very funny reason.
:32:17
- Doesn't he, Brandon?
- Yes.
:32:18
- I knew there had to be one. What is it?
- It's nothing too much.
:32:21
(Rupert) - lt's fascinating.
(Janet) - Come on, Brandon, please.
:32:24
Well, it happened about
three years ago in Connecticut.
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Mother has a place there, you know.
:32:30
We were going to have chicken
so we walked over to the farm.
:32:34
It was a lovely
Sunday morning in late Spring.
:32:37
Across the valley,
the church bells were ringing.
:32:40
In the yard, Phillip was doing likewise
to the necks of two or three chickens.
:32:44
Oh, dear!
:32:45
It was a task he usually
performed very competently.
:32:48
But on this particular morning, his touch
was, perhaps, a trifle too delicate.
:32:52
because one of the subjects
for our dinner table suddenly rebelled.
:32:55
- Like Lazarus, he rose -
- That's a lie!
:33:00
(Phillip) That's not true.
:33:02
l never strangled a chicken in my life!
(Brandon) - Now look here, Phillip -
:33:04
(Phillip) l never strangled a chicken,
and you know it.
:33:07
(Janet Laughing) Forgive me,
but it just seemed very funny,
:33:11
you two being so intense
about an old, dead chicken.
:33:14
(Brandon) Sorry.
We were ridiculous and very rude.
:33:17
l apologise for both of us and the story.
:33:20
Well!
:33:24
- Is it all over?
- I'm afraid so, Rupert.
:33:26
Oh, what a pity.
:33:28
In a moment, you might have strangled
each other instead of a chicken.
:33:32
(Atwater) - Mr Cadell, really.
- But a man's honour was at stake.
:33:35
And personally, I think a chicken
is as good a reason for murder
:33:39
as a blonde, a mattress full of dollar bills,
:33:42
or any of the customary,
unimaginative reasons.
:33:46
Now, you don't really approve
of murder, Rupert, if I may.
:33:50
You may, and I do.
Think of the problems it would solve -
:33:53
unemployment, poverty,
standing in line for theatre tickets.
:33:58
I must say,
I've had a perfectly dreadful time