tabarnac!
CÉCILE
T’as pas besoin de sacrer, Claude.
PAQUETTE
C’est correct. As-tu appelé Chez Momo pour faire venir de la bière?
CÉCILE
Oui, Claude.
JOHNNY
Hot, eh? Can’t breathe in the fuckin’ house … Can’t sleep.
PAQUETTE
Hey, don’t talk about it. Today in work one guy, he faints.
JOHNNY
Oh yeah?
PAQUETTE
No, the bosses say there’s some energy crisis or something, so they stop the air conditioning in the factory, eh? Not in the office, of course.
JOHNNY
Tell the union.
PAQUETTE
Hey, the union. It’s too hot to laugh, câlice.
JOHNNY
Another fire last night, eh?
PAQUETTE
Ah oui. What street?
JOHNNY
On Liverpool.
PAQUETTE
Liverpool encore. Tabarnac.
JOHNNY
Fuckin’ firebugs, man. This block is gonna go up for sure.
PAQUETTE
Oui, that’s for sure.
JOHNNY
Soon as I get my cheque, I’m gonna pull off a midnight move. Fuck this shit!
PAQUETTE
Oui, midnight move, for sure. Hey, just like the Arsenaults en bas. Fuck the landlords! It’s the best way.
JOHNNY
Yeah … Whew, hot. Going anywhere this summer?
PAQUETTE
Moi? Balconville.
JOHNNY
Yeah. Miami Bench.
THIBAULT wheels in on his Chez Momo’s delivery bike.
THIBAULT
Chez Momo’s is here.
JOHNNY
Hey, Thibault T-bone.
TOM
Hey, ya fixed the flat?
THIBAULT gets off his bike. He takes a case of beer from the bike.
THIBAULT
Oui. Hey me, I know the bike, eh? I know what to do.
JOHNNY
Hey, T-bone.
THIBAULT
Chez Momo’s is here.
Coming up the stairs, he trips on the broken step.
JOHNNY
Watch the step!
PAQUETTE
Watch the beer!
JOHNNY
You okay?
THIBAULT
Me? I’m okay. But my leg, I don’t know.
PAQUETTE
Why don’t you read the sign?
THIBAULT
Eh?
PAQUETTE
The sign …
THIBAULT reads the sign on the balcony. It reads, “Prenez garde.”
THIBAULT
Prenez garde. Okay, prenez garde. So what? Tiens, ta bière.
He puts the case of beer down next to PAQUETTE, who gives him some money for the beer.
PAQUETTE
As-tu fini pour à soir?
THIBAULT
Oui, fini. C’est mon dernier voyage. (shaking the change in his pocket) Hey, des tips.
JOHNNY
Had a good day, eh?
THIBAULT
Hey, Johnny. Johnny B. Good. Long time no see, like they say.
JOHNNY
Yeah.
THIBAULT
Bye-bye, Johnny B. Good. You remember that?
JOHNNY
Remember what?
THIBAULT
Hey, there in the park, when they used to have the dances. You used to sing all the time like Elvis. (He does an imitation of Elvis.) Tutti-frutti, bop-bop-aloo, bop-a-bop, bam-boom. Like that, in the park.
JOHNNY
Yeah, yeah.
THIBAULT
C’était le fun. Me, I like that, but the girls grew up. They got old. You, too. Paquette, too. He’s so fat now. Very fat.
PAQUETTE
Hey, hey.
JOHNNY
You remember all that shit?
THIBAULT
Me? Sure. I remember everything. Everything. Everybody forgets but me. I don’t. It’s funny, that, eh?
JOHNNY
Yeah.
