[John has been in the library for two days]
Charles: You've been in here for two days.
John: You know Hansen's just published another paper? I can't even find a topic for my doctorate.
Charles: Well, on the bright side, you've invented window art.
John: [points] This is a group playing touch football. This is a cluster of pigeons fighting over bread crumbs. And this here is a woman who is chasing a man who stole her purse.
Charles: John, you watched a mugging. That's weird.
John: In competitive behior, someone always loses.
Charles: Well, my niece knows that, John, and she's about this high.
John: See, if I derive an equilibrium where prevalence is a non-singular event where nobody loses, can you imagine the effect that would he on conflict scenarios, arm negotiations …
Charles: When did you last eat?
John: … currency exchange?
Charles: When did you last eat? You know, food.
John: You he no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?
Charles: Yes. But pizza - now, pizza I he enormous respect for. And of course beer.
[He lees]
John: [throws stuff down and follows] I he respect for beer. [shouts] I he respect for beer!