ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***********Offices of Bank of Israel, Cagayan, March 21, 1943(c)**************
USN officer: Here he is. <passes over dosier>
Young man in fine linen slacks: <looks at dosier> Hmmm....Kuboki, Hideo. Capable looking fellow.
USN officer: Yes, that is the crux of the problem
Young man in fine linen slacks: What is it you want exactly? Honey trap? Double agent? War Bond tour?
USN officer: No, we want you to...to...take him out.
Young man in fine linen slacks: Hey, I don't swing that way, amigo.
USN officer: No, no, no. Not that, to ...you know...<whispers>..eliminate him.
Young man in fine linen slacks: WHAT!? Why, you crazy SOB, that's your job. Why don't you just sink the ship he is on?
USN officer: Oh, we tried. God knows we tried.
Young man in fine linen slacks: Look, this is a new product line for me. I need to run this by the legal people.
USN officer: Can you get back to us before tomorrow? We are afraid he is going to come back.
Young man in fine linen slacks: Tomorrow? Look, if there is that kind of urgency there will have to be some kind of "expediency surcharge"
USN officer: How much is that?
Young man in fine linen slacks: 1000%
USN officer: 1000% of what?
Young man in fine linen slacks: 1000% of what I decide the standad fee is.......
Cap I think the USN got the whole transaction and dialogue wrong ...
Well dressed man .. looks like an older mature Marlon Brando .. speaks like he has cotton in his mouth: "Quite a club you have going here ... all these huts made of dry grass .. I would hate for something bad to happen .."
Young man in fine linen slacks: What do you mean "...something bad.."
[Joe Pesci type takes a portion of a grass hut and uses it as tinder to light up a fine cuban cigar ...]
Marlon Brando type: "You never know when a fire can suddenly errupt .. or a bartender might suddenly need dental work ...but .. I can help you make sure this does not happen .."
Young man in fine linen slacks: Oh!?! How?
Marlon Brando type: You know this guy Hideo Kuboki has been moving in on our business ... if he had an accident or something... I am sure my boys will insure nothin' bad happends to your joint.......
[8D]
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so"