Curtis Taylor, Vodvil

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A horse on ice

A:  You are looking like a horse on ice my friend.

B:  What are you talking about?

A: Picture it.
C: Yeah, picture it my friend.

B:  Picture a horse on ice?

C:  Yeah. The horse is on ice. He is iced. In the cooler.

A: (to C) No.
C: What?
A: The horse is walking on ice. It can’t catch its balance, its legs are shooting out.

C: Yeah

A:  Our friend here (points to B) is a horse on ice.

B:  I told Les what my situation was.

C:  Your situation? You are the situation.

B:  (to A) Did you talk to Les?

C:  (to B) You better believe you have a situation.

A:  (to B) When did you talk to Les?

B:  I cleared this up with Les.

C:  You are a horse on ice.

A: We just came from Les and he is teed off. At us. You know why?

C: (to B) Because of you.
B: Because of me?
A: Because of you. Because of the car.

C: (to B) Where’s the car?

A:  (to B) Les wants the car.

B:  I have a lease.

A:  On the car? It’s Les’s car. Les doesn’t lease his own car.

B:  Let me call him.

C:  He doesn’t want to talk to you.

B:  (to C) Says who?

C:  Les told me that.

A: We just came from Les.

C: And he told us: “Go get my car”.

B:  I’m leasing that car from Les.

C:  Not anymore.

A:  (to B) Where is it?

B:  Let me call Lester.

C:  You don’t listen. Lester doesn’t want to talk to you.

B:  Okay. Wait.

C:  Wait?

A: (to C) Now you get what I mean, he’s looking like a horse on ice?

C: I see it now. At first I was picturing, like, a horse on ice, like in a meat case, like steaks and loin cuts of horse meat.

A: Horse meat?
C: Yeah, like in a meat case at the grocery store.

A: Do people eat horse meat?
C: They used to. My grandmother did.

A: What?

C: Yeah. During the dustbowl. They made hamburger once out of a horse. Hey (gestures to B). Horse on ice.

A:  Yeah. (to B) Where’s the car? Where’s Les’ car?

B:  I don’t have it.