MDMD2: The Learned English Dog

[Dave Monroe]

On 4/13/08, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Well, pig like that you don't eat all at once!"

HAMM: Is my dog ready?
CLOV: He lacks a leg.
HAMM: Is he silky?
CLOV: He's kind of a Pomeranian.
HAMM: Go and get him.
CLOV: He lacks a leg.
HAMM: Go and get him!
(Exit Clov.)
We're getting on.
(Enter Clov holding by one of its three legs a black toy dog.)
CLOV: Your dogs are here.
(He hands the dog to Hamm who feels it, fondles it.)
HAMM: He's white, isn't he?
CLOV: Nearly.
HAMM: What do you mean, nearly? Is he white or isn't he?
CLOV: He isn't.
(Pause.)
HAMM: You've forgotten the sex.
CLOV (vexed): But he isn't finished. The sex goes on at the end.
(Pause.)
HAMM: You haven't put on his ribbon.
CLOV (angrily): But he isn't finished, I tell you! First you finish
your dog and then you put on his ribbon!
(Pause.)
HAMM: Can he stand?
CLOV: I don't know.
HAMM: Try.
(He hands the dog to Clov who places it on the ground.)
Well?
CLOV: Wait!
(He squats down and tries to get the dog to stand on its three legs,
fails, lets it go. The dog falls on its side.)
HAMM (impatiently): Well?
CLOV: He's standing....

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