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Richard Sumner:
[reading a math problem to test Bunny]
Now, a train started out at Grand Central, with seventeen passengers aboard and a crew of nine. At 125th Street, four got off and nine got on. At White Plains, three got off and one got on. At Chappaqua, nine got off and four got on. And at each successive stop thereafter, nobody got off, nobody got on till the train reached its next-to-the-last stop, where five people got off and one got on. Then it reached the terminal. Bunny Watson:
That's easy. Eleven passengers and a crew of nine. Richard Sumner:
Uh, w... That's not the question. Bunny Watson:
I'm sorry. Richard Sumner:
How many people got off at Chappaqua? Bunny Watson:
Nine. Richard Sumner:
[stunned]
That's correct. Bunny Watson:
Yes, I know. Richard Sumner:
Uh, would you mind telling me how you arrived at that conclusion? Bunny Watson:
Spooky, isn't it? Did you notice that there are also nine letters in Chappaqua? Richard Sumner:
Are you in the habit of associating words with the number of letters in them? Bunny Watson:
I associate many things with many things. Richard Sumner:
I see. Hmm. Bunny Watson:
Aren't you going to ask me How many people got off at White Plains? Three. Richard Sumner:
But there are ten letters in White Plains. Bunny Watson:
No. Eleven. Richard Sumner:
[beat]
But only three got off there. Bunny Watson:
You see, I've only ever been to White Plains three times in my whole life. Richard Sumner:
Well, supposing you'd only been there twice. Bunny Watson:
But I wasn't. I was there three times. Aren't you gonna ask me How many people got on at Croton Falls? Richard Sumner:
There is no Croton Falls mentioned at all in the question. Bunny Watson:
No, but it is the next-to-the-last stop on that line. Anyway, one
[reading a math problem to test Bunny]
Now, a train started out at Grand Central, with seventeen passengers aboard and a crew of nine. At 125th Street, four got off and nine got on. At White Plains, three got off and one got on. At Chappaqua, nine got off and four got on. And at each successive stop thereafter, nobody got off, nobody got on till the train reached its next-to-the-last stop, where five people got off and one got on. Then it reached the terminal. Bunny Watson:
That's easy. Eleven passengers and a crew of nine. Richard Sumner:
Uh, w... That's not the question. Bunny Watson:
I'm sorry. Richard Sumner:
How many people got off at Chappaqua? Bunny Watson:
Nine. Richard Sumner:
[stunned]
That's correct. Bunny Watson:
Yes, I know. Richard Sumner:
Uh, would you mind telling me how you arrived at that conclusion? Bunny Watson:
Spooky, isn't it? Did you notice that there are also nine letters in Chappaqua? Richard Sumner:
Are you in the habit of associating words with the number of letters in them? Bunny Watson:
I associate many things with many things. Richard Sumner:
I see. Hmm. Bunny Watson:
Aren't you going to ask me How many people got off at White Plains? Three. Richard Sumner:
But there are ten letters in White Plains. Bunny Watson:
No. Eleven. Richard Sumner:
[beat]
But only three got off there. Bunny Watson:
You see, I've only ever been to White Plains three times in my whole life. Richard Sumner:
Well, supposing you'd only been there twice. Bunny Watson:
But I wasn't. I was there three times. Aren't you gonna ask me How many people got on at Croton Falls? Richard Sumner:
There is no Croton Falls mentioned at all in the question. Bunny Watson:
No, but it is the next-to-the-last stop on that line. Anyway, one
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I didn't know you were still there
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I thought you'd gone home hours ago
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I uh I got up there behind the book stall
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I was reading I didn't realize how late it was
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Oh that's nice Thank you very much
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Oh Good evening
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Good evening Hello Smithers
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Ah Very pretty flowers Thank you
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Movie Summary
Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.

