Qué gran película La vida de Bryan. Hoy, durante mi procrastinación matutina por la red, he dado con el guión original de la película en inglés, así que no he podido resisitirme a la tentación de poner aquí la escena en la que huye de los romanos y trata de comprar en el bazar una barba para disfrazarse y pasar desapercibido. Para mí, una de esas ralas piezas de humor inteligente a la vez que absurdo:

Brian How much? Quick! Merchnt What? Brian It's for the wife. Merchnt Oh. Uh... Twenty shekels. Brian Right. Merchnt What? Brian There you are. Merchnt Wait a minute. Brian What? Merchnt Well, we're, we're supposed to haggle. Brian No, no, I've got to get... Merchnt What do you mean, no no no? Brian I haven't time, I've got ... Merchnt Well give it back then. Brian No, no, no I paid you. Merchnt Burt! --------[A large man stands up behind Brian, blocking his way out.] Burt Yeah? Merchnt This bloke won't haggle. Burt Won't haggle??? Brian All right... do we have to? --------[Burt disappears.] Merchnt Now look. I want twenty for that. Brian I, I just gave you twenty. Merchnt Now are you telling me that's not worth twenty shekels? Brian No. Merchnt Look at it. Feel the quality, that's none of yer goat. Brian All right, I'll give you nineteen then. Merchnt No, no, no. Come on. Do it properly. Brian What? Merchnt Haggle properly. This isn't worth nineteen. Brian But you just said it was worth twenty. Merchnt Oh dear, oh dear. Come on. Haggle. Brian All right, I'll give you ten. Merchnt That's more like it. Ten!? Are you trying to insult me? Me? With a poor dying grandmother...Ten!?! Brian All right, I'll give you Eleven. Merchnt Now you're getting it. Eleven!?! Did I hear you right? Eleven? This cost me twelve. You want to ruin me? Brian Seventeen. Merchnt No, no, no, no. Seventeen! Brian Eighteen? Merchnt No, no,. You go to fourteen now. Brian All right, I'll give you fourteen. Merchnt Fourteen, are you joking? Brian That's what you told me to say. Merchnt Oh dear. Brian Oh Tell me what to say. Please. Merchnt Offer me fourteen. Brian I'll give you fourteen. Merchnt He's offering me fourteen for this! Brian Fifteen. Merchnt Seventeen. My last word. I won't take a penny less, or strike me dead. Brian Sixteen. Merchnt Done. Nice to do business with you. Tell you what, I'll throw in this as well. [Hands Brian the Gourd.] Brian I don't want it, but thanks. Merchnt Burt! Burt Yeah? Brian All right, all right, all right. Merchnt Where's the sixteen you owe me? Brian I just gave you twenty. Merchnt Oh yeah. That's right. That's four I owe you then. Brian No, it's all right, that's fine, that's fine. Merchnt No, I've got it here somewhere. Brian It's all right, that's four for the gourd. Merchnt Four for this gourd? Four!!!! Look at it, that's worth ten if it's worth a shekel. Brian But you just gave it to me for nothing. Merchnt Yes, but it's worth ten. Brian All right, all right. Merchnt No, no, no, no. It's not worth ten, You're supposed to argue. Ten for that, you must be mad!
[...] Cuando crees que el mundo va hacia adelante y sin embargo te desayunas con noticias como algunas de las de esta mañana en los periódicos, no puede sino embargarte cierta negatividad. Y mira que a mi me gusta siempre mirar el lado bueno de las cosas. [...]