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Mac:
[desperate to make the deal]
Look, how much do you want? Ben:
[fills his hands with sand]
Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand? [drops some sand] Ben:
Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it? Mac:
No. Of course not. Ben:
Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?
[desperate to make the deal]
Look, how much do you want? Ben:
[fills his hands with sand]
Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand? [drops some sand] Ben:
Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it? Mac:
No. Of course not. Ben:
Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?
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Would you give me a pound note for every grain of sand I hold in my hand
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Now you can have the beach for that
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There eh
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Saved you a pound or two eh
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Come on Ben I don't want to play games Let's negotiate in a business like way
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Oh dear Oh dear I mean
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You could have had a very nice purchase there Mr MacIntyre
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I can't hold much more than 10 000 grains of sand in my hand at a time
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Did you think it would be a bigger number
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Movie Summary
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

