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Submitted by titmouse (View user info) at 2005-01-31 04:19:35 EST
MORRIS: The American car company General Motors have today announced a cut in their workforce at their plant in Detroit. Our economics correspondent, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan is there at the moment. Peter, what's going on?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: Chris, it's a mass redundancy measure, it's the biggest layoff in American industrial history. 35,000 jobs in one fell swoop. Gone!
MORRIS: 35 *thousand*?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: Yes.
MORRIS: Peter, there's only 25,000 people at the plant!
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: That's right Chris, mass redundancy on an unprecedented scale.
MORRIS: Would you mind telling me how the plant can function on minus 10,000 workers?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: I don't know Chris, you tell me.
MORRIS: I'll tell you what, Peter, you mean 35 *hundred* workers have been sacked.
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: No, 35,000, it's all here. [He holds up his notes]
MORRIS: Let me see what you've got down there!
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: Er, 35 hundred, you were right, I made a mistake.
MORRIS: Peter, I want to see it. I don't want to hear anything more out of your mouth, I don't believe it. Now show me your notes.
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: No.
MORRIS: Yes!
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: It's 35 hundred.
MORRIS: Show me, I don't believe what you're saying. I just want to see the numbers.
[O'Hanraha-hanrahan brings his notes in view of the camera for a moment.]
MORRIS: Hold them up and keep them up!
[The back of the notes appear.]
MORRIS: And rotate them 180 degrees in my favour! Do it!
[O'Hanraha-hanrahan shame-facedly does so. The notes are scruffy and covered with doodles.]
MORRIS: What's that?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: I don't have a monitor, Chris, I can't see-
MORRIS: You know what I'm talking about, it's just above your right eye. Yes.
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: A cobweb.
MORRIS: And how's a cobweb going to dig you out of your numerical mess?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: I don't know.
MORRIS: Peter, you're lying in a news grave. Do you know what's written on your headstone?
O'HANRAHA-HANRAHAN: News.
MORRIS: Peter, thank you. [Morris turns back to the camera and smiles] Peter O'Hanraha- hanrahan, live in Detroit.
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-01-31 16:43:45 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Was this just a bunch of random words typed in conversational form?
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-01-31 06:21:55 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Sorry but this was SOOOO boring
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-01-31 04:49:14 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Out of context.
Try again.