The only engine we got with enough power for a direct abort is the SPS on the service module. From what Lovell has told us, that could have been damaged in an explosion, so let’s consider that engine dead.
Boy, I guess you guys picked the wrong train.
Pardon me boys, is this the Chatanooga choo-choo?
Ja, ja, track 29. Oh, can I give you a shine?
Okay, salud. Now go home and get your fuckin’ shinebox.
Who the fuck are you, I should remember you? What, you think you like me? You ain’t like me motherfucker. You a punk. I’ve been with made people, connected people. Who you been with? Chain-snatching, jive-ass, maricon motherfuckers. Why don’t you get lost? Go a head, snatch a purse. Come on, take a fuckin’ walk.
“Fuck You,” that’s my name! You know why, mister? You drove a Hyundai to get here. I drove an eighty-thousand dollar BMW. THAT’S my name. And your name is you’re wanting. You can’t play in the man’s game, you can’t close them - go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me, you fucking faggots?
Yeah well, I hope you drive better than you fucking spell, jack-off. My name is Barboni, not Barbone, okay!
And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving: What’s-a behind me is not important.
Okay, let’s get you up to speed… this is a story about the future, and the future can be scary…
When I was a kid, the future was different.
When I was your age, television was called books.
[I so want to post The Four Yorkshiremen, but that’s a different thread]
Really? You had to read a book to figure that out?
Words, words, words.
You’ve said enough, now get out of the way.
Out of order? Who the hell do ya think you’re talking to? I’ve been around, ya know?
No, I’m just gettin’ warmed up. I don’t know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell, whoever. Their spirit is dead, if they ever had one. It’s gone. You’re building a rat ship here. A vessel for seagoing snitches, and if you think you’re preparing these minnows for manhood, you better think again, because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills. What a sham. What kind of a show you guys are putting on here today? I mean, the only class in this act is sitting next to me, and I’m here to tell ya this boy’s soul is intact. It’s non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone here, and I’m not gonna say who, offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn’t selling.
Nothing’s impossible, Charlie.
So when do I get to meet this Charlie?