Daily Dialogue — May 10, 2012

Lucy: I’m Lucy.
Henry: Yes. I’m Henry Roth.
Lucy: Nice to meet you.
Henry: Nice to meet you. [motions to waffles] It’s pretty. Keep up the good work.
Lucy: Wait. I see you’re sitting there alone. Do you wanna come and sit down?
Henry: Sure, that’d be great, if that’s all right.
Lucy: So are you an architect?
Henry: I am not. I’m in fish.
Lucy: Oh, that’s where the smell is coming from.
Henry: Yeah, yeah, I was feeding a walrus this morning… and I thought I got most of it off of me, but guess I didn’t.
Lucy: I love that smell.
Henry: No, you don’t. Fish don’t even like that smell.
Lucy: No, I do. My dad’s a fisherman. He and my brother Doug, they go out to sea for months at a time. And I miss them so much while they’re gone that when they come back… I just hold on to them for five minutes each. And they smell just like your hands. It’s the best smell in the world.
Henry: Well, my fingers are available… for your sniffing pleasure anytime you need them. Wanna?
Lucy: Okay.
[she does]

— Henry (Adam Sandler), Lucy (Drew Barrymore), 50 First Dates (2004), written by George Wing

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is first date, suggested by churnage. Today’s suggestion by Elisa Sawyer.

Trivia: The original script set the movie in Seattle, the hometown of scriptwriter George Wing.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Whoever thought “fish smell” could make for a good use of subtext? But screenwriter George Wing pulls it off here.