INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Daily Script

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LLOYD
An architect, huh?
The GAS NOZZLE CLICKS OFF, Jacey hangs up the nozzle, and
replaces the gas cap. Lloyd pulls out his wallet.
LLOYD
You want some free advice?
Sure.
JACEY
LLOYD
Don't waste your life making other
people rich. Keep the change.
He hands Jacey a five-spot and gets into his car. Lloyd
drives away in his Cadillac. Jacey crumbles the five
dollar bill into a ball. As he returns to the office he
catches his reflection in the mirror of the cigarette
machine. He frowns and pulls off his cap and bow tie.
A19 INT. BOATHOUSE (LAKE) - LATER THAT DAY A19
The abandoned boathouse is a dilapidated structure
situated on an isolated shore of the large lake. Doug
strikes a wooden match, shepherds the flame, leans over,
holds the match to his ass and lights a fart. The
amorphous blue flame flares and almost instantly
disappears as the gas is consumed. VICTOR, Doug's
partner in crime and best friend, is impressed. (Victor
is fifteen, too.)
VICTOR
Jeez Louise! How'd you do that?
DOUG
Intestinal gas -- produced by
bacterial metabolism of food
residues in the colon. A mixture
of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon
dioxide, and methane. That's the
secret ingredient.
VICTOR
What's so secret about it?
DOUG
Not everyone can produce methane.
It's genetic, that means it's
inherited. There's a lot of
methane in my family.
(CONTINUED)