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1:24:05
Half a million pounds
is a lot of money, Ben,

1:24:09
enough to buy another beach with.
1:24:12
Look, I've got some postcards.
1:24:14
I've got some very fine beaches here.
1:24:17
I want to make you an offer.
1:24:20
How about this -
any beach that takes your fancy,

1:24:23
anywhere in the world,
I'll get for you.

1:24:26
Look at this - Hawaii.
1:24:28
I can get you
five or six miles of Hawaii.

1:24:32
Or look here, Australia.
Look at that sand.

1:24:35
Oh, yes. They look like
very nice beaches, Mr Macintyre.

1:24:40
But, see, I only need the one.
1:24:43
I have this here.
I don't need another one.

1:24:46
Besides, I'm not sure that there's
a living in any of these beaches.

1:24:51
You've got to go into
that kind of thing in detail.

1:24:56
I'll buy you any beach you want,
1:24:58
and I'll give you £750,000
to set yourself up with.

1:25:02
It'll give you some security
in the early stages. What do you say?

1:25:07
You're great at talking
with the big numbers...

1:25:11
- Say, look, you're good at numbers.
- Part of my job, yes.

1:25:15
Would you give me a pound note
1:25:18
for every grain of sand in my hand?
1:25:20
You can have the beach for that.
1:25:23
There, I saved you
a pound or two there.

1:25:26
Ben, I don't want to play games.
1:25:29
Let's negotiate
in a businesslike way.

1:25:31
Oh, dear, oh, dear.
1:25:34
You could have had
a very nice purchase, Mr Macintyre.

1:25:37
I can't hold much more than 10,000
grains of sand in my hand at a time.

1:25:44
Did you think it would be
a bigger number?

1:25:47
- You took advantage of me, Ben.
- Did I?

1:25:51
How about a hatful of sand?
1:25:54
No, no.
That wouldn't be businesslike.


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