Metal Skin

Hi, Psycho Joe.

What do you know?

Not much!

How's your old man?

We gave you a head start, Joe.

CES says you've been unemployed four years.

Must have driven you crazy.

Ever worked as a stacker before?

No.

Here in the crappiest kingdom of them all, Westbharn,

we see the bounty of the earth placed in readiness.

Gourmet fine foods in there,

bacon, ham, smallgoods.

Eggs and dairy produce, and you can see bulk meat too.

Along here, as you can see,

we've got the boxed and frozen desserts.

If you make a mistake labelling, just ask, but do not guess.

You stick a short price on any of the goods,

the retailer can legally purchase it at that price, you understand?

If you see anything bust open, it best go in the skip outside.

Here, help yourself.

Enjoy that? Good.

Don't let me see you helping yourself

to anything else around here,

otherwise you'll get hit by lightning.

Where are you?

Oh, Loretta.

I thought this was the graphics room.

This is the tea room!

I might drop in on the garage tonight,

see if I can get the old man to give me a job.

What's wrong?

I'm going under the speed limit.

I don't want to ride in cars like this anymore, Dazey.

Pop, I'm doing the washing. You want anything washed?

You hear me, Pop?

Slow down.

You got anything to give me, Pop?

I'm taking these. You pissed in these.

I told you not to smoke in bed!

Shut up!

Don't screw up. Don't screw up.

Don't screw up.

Speak to her.

Hi.

You don't remember me, do you?

Your mum got me to cut the apricot trees out the front of your place,

just before Easter.

Tele... Telecom said it was... was touching the wires.

She... she brought me out some lemonade.

You were inside. I could see you through the window.

You... you were in bed,

sick or... or you'd had an accident or something.

And when I asked to get paid in cash,

she didn't have any but you did.

Oh, yeah.

I'm sorry I had to do that, but it... it's just...

I didn't want to have to declare it to Social Security or anything.

You think your mum will need me again?

Well, she's in Bali right now.

But I'll ask her when she gets back.

Look, I...

Thanks.

Did you bring your car?

I could go home and get mine and give you a lift.

My boyfriend's picking me up.

Here he is.

Fucking tea room.

Hey.

Joseph.

Dry-cleaning here.

What are you doing here, Pop?

Wash.

Why do you do this to me, eh?

Why? You do it deliberately. You shut up!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Hey, mate, do you want to do some work or what?

Come on, chief, let's go.

Here.

It's better with your fingers in there.

Rodney.

Here, Rodney. Rodney.

Rodney. Come on, pick it up, Rodney.

Rodney.

Hey! Rodney! Rodney!

Rodney! Rodney!

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close to

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The beloved body

of that person

we most passionately desire.

Yeah.

- Do you want to see me some time? - Love to.

Maybe Thursday? Friday? I could finish early...

I gotta get out of here. I'll see you.

Chief!

Yeah, fuck you too.

Hello, my dear.

Hi.

Hey, we've met.

In the tea room and then in the laundromat, right?

You know Roslyn, right?

Look, I hope you can keep your mouth shut

about what you saw the other night.

Things happen, you know?

I love Ros, but...

well, things happen, you know?

You know what I mean?

Anyway, chief, anything you need to know around here, let me know.

Anything.

I see we have a new car in the yard.

That yours?

A Chrysler man too.

Me too.

That's a very interesting-looking vehicle you've got there.

What you got under the bonnet?

Do you mind if I take a look?

No.

I see you have some personal refinements,

all of which are illegal.

You know, I've never seen a homemade air ram before.

I can fit you a factory one if you like.

I can do it in my old man's shop right now, no problem.

I can do it at cost.

Well, you don't have to pay me now...

You can just... pay me when you've got the money.

You see that?

If anything goes missing, I'll know where to find it.

I'm only joking.

Come on.

Joe, this is my father, and my brother, Tommy,

and this is a friend of ours, Ted.

Hi, Daze.

Hi, Joe. What do you know?

Hold on, Tommy.

What are you doing?

Christ, son. What does it look like?

Alright, pump it again, Tom.

My brother is a NASCAR driver,

and he and my father race the Oldsmobile at Thunderdome,

and they rebuilt the motor last month.

So, Tommy's got no excuses now.

Well, at least I haven't totalled anything, have I?

Right.

Let's call it a day.

Are you hanging round for a while, pretty boy? Lock up.

Get out of my room.

Look.

Go forth and multiply.

Here.

It's liver.

I'm tired. Just go!

It's good for you. It's got iron in it.

You shouldn't be working. You know that, Savina.

Mum, I'm going to move out soon.

Oh? When?

As soon as I can.

I don't think we're ready for that yet, Savina.

Mum. Mum, listen.

Mum. Mum, listen.

Mum! Mum, listen. I'm ready!

Mum, you... What are you doing here? Get out.

I just want a drink!

Oh, for...

I know it's fashionable for young people

to have a filthy mouth, Savina...

- Get out of my room. Get out... - ..but I draw the line...

get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out!

Perfect bitch.

May the power of Satan...

enter this...

my magic circle.

You think my car's good?

I think it's better than it looks.

Good enough... good enough for Cherry Lane?

Well, no-one races at Cherry Lane. Not since I left Melbourne.

Things have changed. Police got to know it too well.

Where, then?

Oh, you might try the railyards any Friday night.

Welcome back, guys.

I heard there was an embarrassing moment in the tea room recently.

Dean...

You fuckin' bastard!

Oh!

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Just...

Just...

What, are you fucking him as well?

Yeah!

$50 pants!

You're good with girls.

They like you, don't they?