Language Salesman    

Have you thought much about language, Mr. Banks?

Joe

No, I never really have.

Language Salesman

It's the central preoccupation of my life.  You travel the world, you're away from home, perhaps away from your family, all you have to depend on is yourself and your language.

Joe

I guess that's true.

Language Salesman

I believe I have just the thing.

Joe

Wow.

Language Salesman

This is our premier dialect.  All handmade, only the finest metaphors.  It's even hyperbole-tight, tight as a drum. If I had the need and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my method of expression.

Joe

I'll take four of them.

Language Salesman

May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.

(Thanks, John Patrick Shanley)

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9/4 '14 3 Comments
I don't remember the movie much, but all I could think while watching the scene was "Jesus. That's the worst luggage for a 'remote island' that anyone could come up with."

Which, I'm sure, is the point. Guess I'm just 'thinking out loud' here.
I love that movie. And the luggage turns out to be just the thing for an "ocean voyage."
Ahh. I can imagine.