So, what do you do?
Mary
I'm a reader at a publisher.
No! You read for a living?
Mary
Yes. That's it, I read.
Oh, that's so great. It's like someone asking, "What do you do for a living?" "Well, I breathe. I'm a breather. I get paid for breathing." How did you get that job?
Mary
Okay, smart-ass, what do you do?
I am a lawyer. Sort of… Sort of.
Mary
That's sexy.
Is it?
Mary
I mean, I think so. In a suit, in a court, saving people's lives. Kinda sexy.
I guess it is. Although it's not as sexy as reading. Sitting there in an office in a little chair reading. Ooh!
Mary
Okay, stop. Just wait right there mister, because you know a lot of books get submitted to my publisher. So it's an immense responsibility.
I bet it is. But when you're doing normal reading, [they both laugh] is it ruined because it's your job? You know, like prostitutes? I always worry that when they stop being prostitutes that they can't enjoy sex anymore.
Mary
You always worry about that?
No, I sometimes worry about that.
Mary
Oh, okay, good. Because someone who always worried about that would be a bit of a worry.
When you read a newspaper do you think, "Forget this, it's work"?
Mary
Have you interviewed a lot of prostitutes?
When you read a menu, do you think, "No, I'm not reading this, unless you pay me hard cash"?
Mary
How many prostitutes will you need to talk to before this issue is solved?
