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Auggie Wren:
The boys and me were just having a philosophical discussion about women and cigars. Paul Benjamin:
Well I suppose that all goes back to Queen Elizabeth. Auggie Wren:
The Queen of England? Paul Benjamin:
Not Elizabeth the Second, Elizabeth the First. Did you ever hear of Sir Walter Raleigh? OTB Man #1, Tommy:
Sure. He's the guy who threw his cloak down over the puddle. OTB Man #2, Jerry:
I used to smoke Raleigh cigarettes. They came with a free gift coupon in every pack. Paul Benjamin:
That's the man. Well, Raleigh was the person who introduced tobacco in England, and since he was a favorite of the Queen's - Queen Bess, he used to call her - smoking caught on as a fashion at court. I'm sure Old Bess must have shared a stogie or two with Sir Walter. Once, he made a bet with her that he could measure the weight of smoke. OTB Man #3, Dennis:
You mean, weigh smoke? Paul Benjamin:
Exactly. Weigh smoke. OTB Man #1, Tommy:
You can't do that. It's like weighing air. Paul Benjamin:
I admit it's strange. Almost like weighing someone's soul. But Sir Walter was a clever guy. First, he took an unsmoked cigar and put it on a balance and weighed it. Then he lit up and smoked the cigar, carefully tapping the ashes into the balance pan. When he was finished, he put the butt into the pan along with the ashes and weighed what was there. Then he subtracted that number from the original weight of the unsmoked cigar. The difference was the weight of the smoke. OTB Man #1, Tommy:
Not bad. That's the kind of guy we need to take over the Mets. Paul Benjamin:
Oh, he was smart, all right. But not so smart that he didn't wind up having his head chopped off twenty years later. But that's another story
The boys and me were just having a philosophical discussion about women and cigars. Paul Benjamin:
Well I suppose that all goes back to Queen Elizabeth. Auggie Wren:
The Queen of England? Paul Benjamin:
Not Elizabeth the Second, Elizabeth the First. Did you ever hear of Sir Walter Raleigh? OTB Man #1, Tommy:
Sure. He's the guy who threw his cloak down over the puddle. OTB Man #2, Jerry:
I used to smoke Raleigh cigarettes. They came with a free gift coupon in every pack. Paul Benjamin:
That's the man. Well, Raleigh was the person who introduced tobacco in England, and since he was a favorite of the Queen's - Queen Bess, he used to call her - smoking caught on as a fashion at court. I'm sure Old Bess must have shared a stogie or two with Sir Walter. Once, he made a bet with her that he could measure the weight of smoke. OTB Man #3, Dennis:
You mean, weigh smoke? Paul Benjamin:
Exactly. Weigh smoke. OTB Man #1, Tommy:
You can't do that. It's like weighing air. Paul Benjamin:
I admit it's strange. Almost like weighing someone's soul. But Sir Walter was a clever guy. First, he took an unsmoked cigar and put it on a balance and weighed it. Then he lit up and smoked the cigar, carefully tapping the ashes into the balance pan. When he was finished, he put the butt into the pan along with the ashes and weighed what was there. Then he subtracted that number from the original weight of the unsmoked cigar. The difference was the weight of the smoke. OTB Man #1, Tommy:
Not bad. That's the kind of guy we need to take over the Mets. Paul Benjamin:
Oh, he was smart, all right. But not so smart that he didn't wind up having his head chopped off twenty years later. But that's another story
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she's blind
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I knew you'd come Roger she says
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I knew you wouldn't forget your Granny Ethel on Christmas
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And then she opens her arms as if she's about to hug me
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I don't have much time to think you understand
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I had to say something real fast
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And before I knew what was happening
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I could hear the words coming out of my mouth
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That's right Granny Ethel I said
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I came back to see you on Christmas
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Don't ask me why I said it I don't have any idea
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Movie Summary
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
