CURRENTLY UNTITLED. %
Fry, Bender, and Amy are in a small
lounge just aft of the
% pilot's cabin. It's a long, long, trip
to their next
% destination...
Fry: So, Amy, I hear the rest of your
family are major players back home on
Mars.
Amy: [nods] Mm-hm!
Fry: Just out of curiosity, what is it
that they do?
Amy: Oh, you don't really want to know.
Fry: Sure I do. We've got a three-hour
trip.
Amy: I'd really rather not say.
Bender: Hey, maybe we could guess.
Fry: Oh! I know -- flying cars. You own a
flying car
factory.
Amy: No.
Bender: Killbot factory?
Fry: Pneumatic tubes?
Amy: No.
Bender: Black-market weapons?
Fry: I know! Plastics -- you can never go
wrng with
plastics.
Amy: No. Guys, really, you don't have
to...
Bender: Oriental massage parlors?
Amy: What? NO! God ... [sighs] Oh, all
right, I'll tell you, but you have to
promise not to get mad. You know how when
you're surfing on the InterPlanetNet, and
one of those little windows pops up with
an ad in it?
Fry: Yeah. I really hate those things. If
I got my hands on the dude who came up
with that idea I'd ... [pounds fist into
hand for emphasis]
Amy: Hundreds of years ago, a distant
ancestor of mine invented those. We get a
penny royalty each time you see one.
Fry: ... I'd, uh, I'd ... ah, I'm sorry,
Amy.
Amy: Don't sweat it. We =always= get
that. Ever since then, my family has been
desperately trying to find some other way
to make a fortune.
Fry: Gee, if you already have a fortune,
why don't you just sell the ad business
and retire?
Amy: I said we were desperate, not
stupid.
Fry: Well, at least your family doesn't
do telemarketing. Those people really get
under my skin.
Amy: We're ... we're [upper lip quivers]
we're just trying to make an honest
living! [runs from room, sobbing]
Fry: Amy! Wait! Aw, man.
Bender: Wow, reduced to tears in less
than two minutes! Youshould work in tech
support, Fry.
Fry: Oohhhh...
Leela: [from cockpit] Hey, you two! Quit
abusing the interns. They're hard to
replace.
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