In this brief exchange from "IT'S ALL BRETT'S FAULT" (Brett Cornell Mystery #7), Brett tries to convince his current girlfriend (Lola Buchanan) that he knows more about CULTURE than she does!
“I’ll have you know,
baby-doll, that when it comes to culture, you’re looking at the guy who could
write a whole freakin’ book on the subject, if he really wanted to.”
“Oh, please!” she
began, even going so far as to accompany the words with a rather sarcastic laugh.
“I’ll bet you didn’t
know that, when I was in high school, the teacher took us on a field trip to
one of them fancy auditoriums in downtown Providence which, as everyone knows,
is the freakin’ hub of civilization, right? – My old lady even paid good money
and signed the little permission slip thingy so I could go, too – and I sat
through a whole performance of Porky and
Bess—and without even falling asleep, neither! How’s that for culture, baby?”
Whereupon Little Lola – or should I call her Little Miss
I-Know-More-About-Culture-Than-Anybody-Else? – drew herself up, pursed her cute
little rose-colored lips, and retorted,
“Porky and Bess, huh? Well, in case you’re interested –“
“Which I ain’t, but I suppose you’re gonna tell me anyways
–“
“The name of the work in question is Porgy and Bess – not Porky!”
“And how would you know what show I went to see, huh? You
weren’t even there!” I shot right back at her, not to be outdone by a girl who
wasn’t even in the same league as me when it came to sharp-witted banter and
the like.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Never argue with an UNSCRUPULOUS BASTARD. You can't possibly win, since the rules are slanted in the unscrupulous bastard's favor !!!
