Daily Dialogue — February 11, 2018
Jess and Marie in bed asleep. The phone rings.
Jess: Yours.
Marie: Hello.
Sally: I'm sorry to call so early.
Marie: Are you alright?
Jess: I know I would've called at this hour.
Sally: I did something terrible.
Marie: What did you do?
Jess's phone rings.
Jess: Now I know who I would call at this hour.
Sally: Uh, it's so awful.
Harry: I need to talk.
Marie: What happened?
Jess: What's the matter?
Sally: Harry came over last night.
Harry: I went over to Sally's last night.
Sally: Because I was upset that Joe was getting married.
Harry: And one thing led to another.
Sally: And before I knew it we were kissing and...
Harry: To make a long story short.
Sally: We did it.
Harry: We did it.
Jess and Marie cover their phones.
Jess and Marie (to each other): They did it!
Marie: That's great Sally.
Jess: We've been praying for it.
Marie: You should've done it in the first place.
Jess: For months we've been saying you should do it.
Marie: You guys belong together.
Jess: It's like killing two birds with one stone.
Marie: It's like two wrong's make a right.
Jess: How was it?
Marie: How was it?
Harry: The doing part was good.
Sally: I thought it was good.
Harry: But then I felt suffocated.
Sally: But then I guess it wasn't.
Jess: Jesus I'm sorry.
Marie: No worries.
Harry: I had to get out of there.
Sally: He just disappeared.
Harry: I feel so bad.
Sally: I'm so embarrassed.
Jess: I don't blame you.
Marie: That's horrible.
Harry: I think I'm coming down with something.
Sally: I think I'm catching a cold.
Jess: Look it would've been great if it worked out, but
it didn't.
Marie: Ah, you should never go to bed with anyone when you
find out your boyfriend is getting married.
Harry: Who's that talking?
Jess: Who?
Sally: Is that Jess on the phone?
Jess: It's Jane Fonda on the VCR.
Marie: It's Bryant Gumbel.
Jess: Do you want to come over for breakfast?
Marie: Do you want to come over for breakfast?
Harry: No, I'm not up to it.
Sally: No, I feel too awful.
Marie: I... I mean is so early.
Jess: But call me later if you want.
Marie: I'll call you later OK?
Harry: OK bye.
Sally: Bye.
Jess: Bye.
Marie: Bye.
All four hang up their phones.
Marie: God!
Jess: I know.
Marie: Tell me I'll never have to be out there again.
Jess: You will never have to be out there again.
— When Harry Met Sally (1989), written by Nora Ephron
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bed.
Trivia: Nora Ephron wrote the screenplay, and its numerous drafts, over a period of nearly five years.
Dialogue On Dialogue: A four-way conversation in a bed about sex that happened in another bed. That’s Nora Ephron
