Lucky Number Se7en

Author's note:
1. The video may contain slight vulgarity in language
2. The script is censored (even if the words used were minor) for anyone's own safety
3. This post should be up 2 days ago

The script (Marmalade)

Characters: Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry

 Stephen and Hugh are sitting at either end of a
long table, having breakfast. Hugh is a woman, Stephen
isn't.


Hugh     Could you pass the marmalade, darling?

Stephen  What?

Hugh     The marmalade, could you pass it?

Stephen  You want me to a___ the parlourmaid?

Hugh     No darling, there's a pot of marmalade at your
          elbow, I want you to pass it.

Stephen  A potty marinade in my d____, have you gone mad?

Hugh     Darling I want you to pass the marmalade.

Stephen  (Amazed) You want me to fart the hit parade?

Hugh      Pass the marmalade.


Stephen  Smile at Roy Hattersley? You want me to smile
          at Roy Hattersley?

Hugh     That doesn't sound anything like "pass the
          marmalade".

Stephen  Roy Hattersley hasn't found anyone to pass the
          marmalade? You're babbling, woman.

Hugh     No dear. I want you to pass the marmalade.

Stephen  Roy Hattersley wants me to pass the marmalade?

Hugh     No, I do darling.

Stephen  An eiderdown? I'm not going to pass Roy Hattersley
          an eiderdown.

Hugh     If you'll just listen.

Stephen  He can get his own damned eiderdown like
          everyone else.

Hugh     The marmalade dear, can you pass it?


Stephen  Expecting people to pass him eiderdown as if he
          was someone special. No one's ever passed me an
          eiderdown.

Hugh     Will you pass the marmalade?

Stephen  No I will not go to bed with Geoffrey Howe. Not
          at any price. I think you must be off your head.

Hugh gets up, walks down the table and picks up
the marmalade.

Stephen buries his head in the paper.

Stephen  The Substantial Tide's Indebt smell by more
          quoits?

Hugh     No dear, the Financial Times Index fell by
          four points.

Stephen  Oh. Pass the marmalade will you?

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Good day,

Sorry for my absence. I had been reading a book. It was a good book which I might talk about it later in the future.

So, what's up with that video you've just seen up there?
My old friends and I had a semi-reunion like thing and this video happened to pop into the conversation. I thought it was a good example for you all to see, though some of you (maybe all of you) might not be interested in these kinds of things.

Still, what's up with that video?
It is part of listening problems. To spare the second lecture (Dila's group did a fine job that day) and put you all to sleep, I shall just go on telling you how that video is related.

The man on the other side of the table has a listening problem. What do you think it's the problem? It could be:

1. Physical Noise; due to the fact that they were so far apart
2. Psychological Noise; due to the fact he was reading the newspaper
3. Hearing Problem; the man already had a hearing problem and cannot hear well, or,
4. Selective Listening; he was not listening because it was unimportant to him

It could be the combination of all four. Who, except the man, knows? I leave you to think about it.

This post, which will not self-destruct, was written by,
Eugene.

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References:
Marmalade script, online, retrieved 11 September 2008, from http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/bits3/fal0148.htm

Abit of Fry and Laurie - Pass the Marmalade video, online, retrived 11 September 2008, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkYwItNWsQg