Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
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:03:00
I was 14 years old.
My first job.

:03:04
And in an elevator,
I learned to tell the size of a tip...

:03:09
...by the cologne the guest
was wearing.

:03:13
That hotel was really an education.
:03:16
As a bellboy, you had to be
a supplier of sorts.

:03:20
After-hours booze for the lushes,
grass for the potheads...

:03:25
...and girls for the needy.
:03:29
And it was amazing
how you could identify these people...

:03:34
...and their desires with your nose.
:03:41
Mom...
:03:45
My mother, she always smelled good...
:03:49
...especially when she was going out.
:03:52
Which reminds me...
:03:55
I was... 10.
:03:59
Before my father died...
:04:01
I was sitting on his knee,
as I always did after dinner...

:04:05
...and Mom came in in a new dress,
smelling delicious...

:04:09
...and announced she was going
to the library.

:04:12
And Dad suggested
she change her hose...

:04:16
...and that she had a run
in her right stocking.

:04:20
She said no, she didn't have time.
So she hurried on out.

:04:26
But the rest of that evening...
:04:30
...that horrible evening,
I'll never forget.

:04:35
When she came home...
:04:37
...Mom's run was on her left leg
instead of her right.

:04:44
It's not my intention
to stifle free thought...

:04:47
...but we are getting away
from Edward's dizziness.

:04:55
Well, I'm afraid that's all for today.
Bennie, would you open the blinds?


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