Thicker Than Water (1935)

Stan Laurel: Stanley

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• Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Oliver, did I or did I not give you the money to pay on the furniture?

  Ollie : You certainly did.

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Then why wasn't it paid?

  Ollie : [points to Stan]  Why I gave it to him to pay it for me.

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : [to Stan]  Then what did YOU do with it?

  Stanley : [points to Ollie]  I gave it back to him.

  Ollie : You gave it to ME?

  Stanley : Yeah, I gave it to you to pay my room and board, and you gave it to her.

  [points to Mrs. Hardy] 

  Stanley : "Recomember"?

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Do you mean to say that the money that he

  [points to Ollie] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : gave to you

  [points to Stan] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : that you gave to him

  [points to Ollie] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : that he gave to me was the same money that I gave to him

  [points to Ollie] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : to pay HIM?

  [points to Finlayson] 

  Stanley : Well if that was the money that you gave to him

  [points to Ollie] 

  Stanley : to give to me

  [points to self] 

  Stanley : to pay to him

  [points to Finlayson] 

  Stanley : It must have been the money I gave him

  [points to Ollie] 

  Stanley : to give to you to pay my rent, didn't I?

  [Ollie nods wildly] 

• Mrs. Daphne Hardy : [to Ollie]  You big dumbbell. I can't trust you to do a thing.

  [to Stan] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : And as for you, I have a good mind to throw you out!

  Stanley : You can't do it.

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : I can't do it?

  Stanley : No, because I paid my room and board in advance, and I gave it to him.

  [points to Ollie] 

  Ollie : What do you mean you gave it to me? That was the money that *she* gave to *me* and *I* gave it to *you* to give to *him* then *you* gave it back to *me* and I had to give it to *her* to give to *him*!

  Stanley : Was that the money that she gave to him that I gave to you to give to...?

  Ollie : Why certainly!

  Stanley : Well, if she wants to give to him, that's her business. No use you and I arguing about it.

• Auction Manager : Is Mr. Hardy home?

  Stanley : Yes, sir, but he's not in.

  [shuts the door] 

• Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Incidentally, when are you going to pay me for your board and room?

  Stanley : [points to Ollie]  I gave it to him.

  [Ollie spits out his drink] 

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : What'd you give it to him for?

  Stanley : Well he said he was boss, and I didn't...

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Oh, he did, huh?

  [sticks out her hand at Ollie and motions with her fingers to pay up; Ollie takes out the money and puts it in her hand] 

  Ollie : Don't get sore, honey. I was only kidding.

  [kicks Stan from under the table] 

• Stanley : How is Mr. Hardy?

  Nurse Goodall : I believe he's convalescing.

  Stanley : Alright, I wait 'til he gets through.

• Stanley : After we get through, then can we go to the ballgame?

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : *You* can do what you like.

  Stanley : Thank you, honey, eh, Mrs. Hardy.

• Stanley : Why don't you draw the money out of the bank, pay off the furniture, and hold it out right? You wouldn't have any interest to pay and you wouldn't have any hounds in your fireplace.

• Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Where do you think you're going?

  Ollie : Well, we're going to the ballgame.

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : You're going to the ballgame?

  Ollie : Well, certainly. We businessmen have to relax sometime. Don't we, Stanley?

  Stanley : We certainly do.

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Well, if you want to relax, you can stay home and wash these dishes.

• Stanley : [after the blood transfusion with Ollie]  Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

• Stanley : Are you going to let her talk to you like that?

  Ollie : I certainly am not.

  Stanley : I don't blame you. Why she talks to you like water off a duck's back. If she was my wife, I'd throw her out in the back and I'd go and buy some furniture.

  Ollie : Stanley, you're absolutely right. I'll learn her!

• Stanley : What are you going to tell her about the clock?

  Ollie : I'm gonna tell her nothin'. I'll keep everything in the dark. And if you'll keep your mouth shut, nobody will be any the wiser.

  [Mrs. Hardy enters] 

  Ollie : Hello, honey! Well, what's the matter?

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : Where's that clock?

  Ollie : What clock?

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : The clock you paid $290 for.

  Ollie : Why that's ridiculous. Where would I get $290?

  Mrs. Daphne Hardy : [to Stan]  Where's that clock!

  Stanley : I don't know. He said he was going to keep it in the dark - and if I didn't keep my mouth shut, then, nobody'd be any the wiser.