duh, baryshnikov

This is what happens when Mejack and I try to discuss the Cold War...

Mejack: Did you see the movie White Nights?

Yours Truly: I did... IN THE MOVIE THEATER!

Mejack: SO DID I... TWICE.

YT: It was just once in the theater for me but there have been repeated viewings on cable on Saturday afternoons or whatever.

Mejack: Oh, I watch it whenever I find it. It's a gem.

Mejack: "WE ARE LANDING IN RUSSIA!"

Mejack: I love how Baryshnikov tries to flush his passport down an AIRPLANE TOILET!

YT: Yeah, really. What's that about? How big can a septic tank possibly be on a jumbo jet? All the KGB would need to find it is a skimmer, some gloves and a mask maybe.

Mejack: "VELKIM HOME, NIKOLAI."

YT: Just eat it, dude. Share it with your fellow passengers. Ask everyone to take a page and chow down.

Mejack: I know. Eating it would have been a much better idea.

YT: And then hide the vinyl cover in a vomit bag. Simple.

:: thoughtful silence ::

YT: You know, it's reassuring to know that I'm prepared to protect myself the next time I'm forced to make an emergency landing in a communist country.

Mejack: Especially if you are an illegally defected renowned ballet dancer.

YT: Because I am, you know.

Mejack: I'm not surprised.