Hello there, Mark. What are you doing? You didn't tell me you were a thief.
Hey, go easy, lady. The boy's got a habit to support.
Sick Boy Opium doesn't just grow on trees, you know.
Sick Boy It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.
What do you mean?
Sick Boy Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed.
Lou Reed, some of his solo stuff's not bad.
Sick Boy No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just shite.
So who else?
Sick Boy Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley . . .
OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?
Sick Boy All I'm trying to do, Mark, is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy I don't rate that at all.
Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy That means **** all. It's a sympathy vote.
Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy Yeah.
That's your theory?
Sick Boy Yeah. Beautifully **** illustrated.
