:11:03
The humans of this hemisphere
of the planet...
:11:05
spend most of their time at play,
in tall, steel huts of their own making.
:11:12
The male busies himself
with numerical symbols...
:11:16
and electronically enhanced intelligence
to create a picture...
:11:18
pleasing to those superior
to him in the pack.
:11:21
This game
he calls "accounting”.
:11:26
He plays with a toy named after one
of the small rodents of his planet.
:11:30
He presses his fingers
against the rodent's buttocks...
:11:33
and gently taps
upon its cheeks.
:11:36
Still, he prefers the female
of his own species.
:11:44
The male is not pleased
with his picture.
:11:50
He finds the female's picture
much prettier.
:11:54
He wants to know how she can
make such a pretty picture.
:12:00
Hi. This is Bill Waterson.
:12:02
Oh, yes, Mr. Greenwood.
:12:05
Well, we'd love
to help you, but...
:12:07
gosh, I tell you,
we're really booked solid.
:12:10
Let me see if there's
any openings here.
:12:13
Boy, we're just...
we're just swamped here.
:12:17
Oh! Here's a cancellation at...
:12:21
How's Thursday at 3:00?
:12:24
Or now.
Yeah. We could do now.
:12:28
Now is fine. Yeah, great.
We'll see you.
:12:31
- We got a client?
- Looks that way.
:12:34
- Torrance referred us.
- Torrance is a deadbeat.
:12:36
Yeah, but he's our deadbeat.
We got three clients.
:12:38
- I think we ought to embrace him.
- All right.
:12:43
- What are you doing?
- Nothing.
:12:48
- You're going to call her, aren't you?
:12:50
- Tell the truth.
- Okay. You're developing...
:12:53
a serious body odor problem,
but I don't think that's relevant.
:12:58
You just met her last night. If you
call her now, you'll scare her off.