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That's Life | ||
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Two workmen, in overalls and boots, are working noisily. Each has a pneumatic drill (either "real" or imaginary). Their conversation is punctuated by noisy bursts of simultaneous drill-fire. (The drill noise should be orally produced by both actors in unison.) |
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| WORKER 1 |
You been on holiday yet? |
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| ADUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUG | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Yeah. | |||
| ADUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUG | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Where'd you go then? | |||
| ADUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUG | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Spain. | |||
| ADUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUG | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Yeah? | |||
| ADUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUNKA-DUG | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Costa del Monte. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | D'you 'ave a good time? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Yeah. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Nice hotel? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Near the beach. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Good food? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Yeah. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Chips wiv everything. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | What about the weather? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Lovely, lovely! | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | You go by plane, then? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Yeah. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Good flight? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Awful! | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Why's that then? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Engine blew up. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | No?! | |||
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| Workman 1 turns to Workman 2 expectantly. Silence. | ||||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | What 'appened then? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Wing fell off, didn't it? | |||
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| WORKER 1 | Really?! | |||
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| WORKER 2 | Plane fell out o' the sky like a can o' beans | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Awful! | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Crashed in some French forest. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Dreadful! | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | I should say so. | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Anyone killed? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | Everyone! No survivors! | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| Worker 1 realises the implications of what Worker 2 has just said and stops mid-DUNKA. He looks puzzled | ||||
| WORKER 1 | Hold on. If there were no survivors ... | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 1 | ... how come you're still living? | |||
| ADUNKA-etc. | ||||
| WORKER 2 | You call this "living"? | |||
| WORKER 1 | Hmmm! | |||
| They look at each other, both shrug and walk off stage. | ||||
| - END - | ||||
Jesus said, "I have come that they might have life - and have it more abundantly." (JOHN 10:10)