Your Morning Pinter
For Friday, November 28th, 2025
Week 142 of our regular morning feature here at Friedman of the Plains Worldwide in which we highlight the great words and works of great men and women, as well as those who are insufferable, delusional, and even fictional.
This Week Harold Pinter
I mean, don’t forget the earth’s about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
Bonus Pinter
“STANLEY: How would you like to go away with me?
LULU: Where?
STANLEY: Nowhere. Still, we could go.
LULU: But where could we go?
STANLEY: Nowhere. There’s nowhere to go. So we could just go. It wouldn’t matter.
LULU: We might as well stay here.
STANLEY: No. It’s no good here.
LULU: Well, where else is there?
STANLEY: Nowhere.”
― The Birthday Party
From Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter":
GUS. Have you noticed the time that tank takes to fill?
BEN. What tank?
GUS. In the lavatory.
BEN. No, Does it?
GUS. Terrible.
BEN. Well, what about it?
GUS. What do you think's the matter with it?
BEN. Nothing.
GUS. Nothing?
BEN. It's got a deficient ballcock, that's all.
GUS. A deficient what?
BEN. Ballcock.
GUS. No? Really?
BEN. That's what I should say.
GUS. Go on! That didn't occur to me.
I'm picturing this scene played by Pitt and Clooney.
Who's on 1st?