Dhogs

SUBMISSIVE AND OBEDIENT ANIMALS

DIRTY AND WICKED ANIMALS

You know what? There's a cool way to pass time.

We can play some game. What do you say? A little bit of night fun.

Alright, I'll go first.

I spy with my little eye...

Now you have to ask me the color of the thing and all that.

Never mind. If you don't feel like playing, forget it.

It's okay. There's no fucking point in playing I Spy in the dark, anyway.

I'm a big fan of games, though. There is a lot of knowledge in games.

For one, I Spy is about our perception, about physical reality.

Everything is a construction of the brain, and we don't actually see what's there...

For instance, if you were a...

I don't know, a bug...

a worm, you'd see the world differently and we wouldn't be able to play.

Parcheesi. You do play Parcheesi, right?

Well, take Parcheesi, for instance. I think it's a...

It's a representation of the failure of socialism. That's right.

Look, for instance...

In Parcheesi, you get three 6s in a row, and what happens?

Well, you have to start over again.

But, if you get eight 1s in a row... Eight times in a row...

What happens then? Nothing. Nothing at all.

Nothing. And why is that? Because wealth is not redistributed.

No, it's poverty that is redistributed. That's socialism, and that's Parcheesi.

You're not into Parcheesi either, I see.

I don't know...

The Game of the Goose? Do you play that?

Brisca?

Tute? Draughts? No?

Alright...

Well...

TAXI

Tell him not to do his usual thing, OK?

Bye, then.

Damn asshole!

Hi, honey.

I know, but I had one meeting after the other,

I've been busy, and couldn't get a signal...

Right, but fuck that. You know how that goes.

Well, no, leave it to me, I have that under control.

OK.

I'm telling you, I'm in a taxi.

We'll talk about it later. Stop brooding over that. I can't now.

What the fuck? I'm telling you I can't now.

Who? Hugo?

But there's nothing wrong with tae kwon do!

No! It would be good for him! It has nothing to do with violence!

Violence is a different thing. It'd be good for him...

Here we go...

No! Tae kwon do would improve his self-confidence, don't you get it?

But...

What do you mean ballroom dance? Sign him up for tae kwon do! Listen to me!

Alright, let me talk to him.

What's up, son?

Sure!

I'll talk to her, don't worry.

I know, I know...

You want a kimono, right?

A white one. Don't worry, I'll buy one for you.

Hugo!

Hugo!

Who? Me? I spoiled him?

Fine...

Here we go again. It won't do him any harm!

I got beaten up pretty bad and I turned out just fine.

Right, I deserved that. You're right...

No, I'm fine. I'm just tired, but I'm fine, I'm calm, don't worry.

Alright then, we'll talk tomorrow, honey. And be good, OK?

Love you.

Alright, bye.

There, to the right. You can stop there.

How much, please?

Here.

Thank you.

Thanks.

A gin and tonic, too?

A gin and tonic?

- Yes. - It's in fashion.

It's watered-down. Do you want another one? It's on me.

I'm fine for now.

Thanks.

Business?

Are you...?

No, no, I am...

I'm an international spy, I'm...

I travel around the world...

by yacht, under stress...

Often by helicopter, you know...

Light airplane too...

I just roll about, you know, jump up and down...

Of course I'm an executive, yeah.

And I had a terrible day.

Tomorrow will be a terrible day too, and the day after tomorrow.

That's what it's like.

That's why I'm having a drink, you know.

Before going to bed.

Are you staying in the hotel too?

No, no. I am...

I live two streets from here.

I was meeting this friend from work, to catch up on things with her.

But I guess she stood me up.

- She didn't show up? - No.

Deep down, I knew she wouldn't come.

But I don't know, I like this bar.

- It's quiet. - Yes, very quiet.

A bit too quiet, maybe.

I'm Alex

Ramon.

- Pleased to meet you. - My pleasure.

What's the date today?

It's the 24th. It will soon be the 25th.

Gin and tonic, you know...

There's all this mystical stuff around it.

A lot of nonsense too. This "bursting the bubble" thing...

You know, when they burst the bubble with this spoon...

The bubble opens and they say...

Well, that it tastes better, I don't know.

That's what they say.

If you read the label on a bottle of gin,

it may contain 12 or 14 ingredients, like cardamom or ginger or...

I don't know!

I have this friend, a very dear friend,

who created the "turnip greens and tonic".

- The what? - The "turnip greens and tonic".

- "Turnip greens and tonic". - He's a joker. He grabs a turnip green,

he performs all that ceremony and then he throws the turnip green in...

Can I ask you something?

About gin and tonic, anything.

Do you have a big one?

What?

What a question!

I don't know...

Average.

- Why do you care? - No, I don't.