Screen Two (TV Series)
The Snapper (1993)
Colm Meaney: Dessie Curley
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Quotes
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Dessie Curley : I haven't cried since I was a kid.
Sharon Curley : You cried during the World Cup.
Dessie Curley : Sober, Sharon! Sober!
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Kay Curley : It's a terrible shock...
Dessie Curley : What is?
Kay Curley : Being married for 25 years, and finding out your husband's a prick.
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Dessie Curley : [to Kay, after finding nothing to watch on TV] I suppose a ride's out of the question?
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Sharon Curley : What if it's a girl, and it looks like Mr. Burgess?
Dessie Curley : Oh, shite! I guess we'll have to smother it and leave it on his step.
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Sharon Curley : Why won't you talk to me anymore?
Dessie Curley : I do talk to you!
Sharon Curley : You don't.
Dessie Curley : Yes, I do! I said hello to you yesterday!
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Dessie Curley : [at a pub, after Sharon's delivery] 7 pounds 12 ounces.
Loner : Is that a baby, or a turkey?
Dessie Curley : A baby!
Loner : That's a good-sized baby.
Dessie Curley : Right.
Loner : Small turkey, though.
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Dessie Curley : [trying to discover the father of Sharon's baby] How do you know he was Spanish? Or a sailor? He could've been a Pakistani postman if you were that drunk!
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Young Lad : Is this your first?
Dessie Curley : Yeah. Oh no, no, no. It's, uh, it's my first grandchild. Is it your first?
Young Lad : No, my third.
Dessie Curley : Have you read this?
[holds a Family Planning book]
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Dessie Curley : Spanish, no less.
Sharon Curley : Yeah. Spanish.
Dessie Curley : An Irish sailor wasn't good enough for you, what? And will Sinbad the Spanish sailor pay for Burgess' broken window, I wonder.
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Dessie Curley : What's hard and hairy on the outside? It's wet... And soft on the inside.
[in between laughs]
Dessie Curley : Jesus. It begins with a "C". It ends with a "T". And it has a "U" and an "N" in it. A co-co-co-nut. A coconut!
[crowd laughs]
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Dessie Curley : Nowadays, the husband are there, with the wives, you know. I think that's much better. Cause they're able to hold our hands and, help them and encourage them, and see their child being born.
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Dessie Curley : So, fuck the neighbours!
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Dessie Curley : [looks at the yachting on TV] Would you look at that fuckin' eejit?
Kay Curley : Can you not just say 'eejit'?
Dessie Curley : That's what I did say.
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Dessie Curley : [to Sharon] Spanish sailor, me arse!
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Kay Curley : [as Dessie wipes his bloody nose after a fight in the pub] Sharon, your da is after being defending your honour. Isn't he great?
Sharon Curley : What happened to you?
Dessie Curley : Nothing, Sharon. Nothing. Don't mind your mother, she's been at the Sherry again.
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Dessie Curley : Get in here, ya gobshite!