at edmittance

Man: So multi-level marketing…
Woman: That is right.
Man: So what exactly is that?
Woman: Oh just. You can go into the website. There are just thousands. It is like I introduce two people. Two people introduce two people. And so there are tiers to this marketing.
Man: Like Amway?
Woman: Network marketing or multi-level marketing. Yeah.
Man: Tupperware and Amway. Are they examples?
Woman: They are good examples. Yeah. They are in the same category.
Man: How did you get involved in it?
Woman: A very good friend of ours introduced us to it when my husband and I came to the Gold Coast.
Man: M-hm.
Woman: We were approached by this couple who became friends and we were introduced by friends, which is the deceptive element in multi-level marketing because very often they recruit friends and because they are your friends you naturally assume…
Man: That they are ok.
Woman: Yeah… have your interests at heart. Unbeknowns to us our friends although they are good business people they themselves were quite inexperienced in this particular business so they actually without meaning to misled us.
Man: Right. Ok. And what product initially..?
Woman: Well this company is called Omega trend and it is a sort of a replica of Amway.
Man: Right.
Woman: And so they started with cleaning products and…
Man: They broke away from Amway?
Woman: Yeah. They actually are a breakaway from Amway though they didn’t like people to know that because of Amway’s rep.
Man: Amway has a bad rep?
Woman: Incredibly bad rep so that Amway had to change its name that many times to disguise its…
Man: Past.
Woman: Yeah past or…
Man: I thought Amway like…I have that heard it is expensive but the products are quite good.
Woman: Actually that is what most people say and I think there is something to be said for quality. I think it is quite good quality but the fact is there is a high profit margin so I think it is inherently unethical and they pump up the price and they have to because the different tiers of people have to make their profit along the way, to me, for me, I think it is unethical.
Man: And you felt you got burned? You felt like deceived. You weren’t happy with your experience?
Woman: I felt, yeah….

at elmada

Miyako: John, I’ve decided I’m going to take a year off. I’m going to defer. I have spoken to the head of the department and I have got permission to stop studying at the end of this semester.
John: Where are you going to go? What are you going to do?
Miyako: I’m going to go to Australia. First I’m going to study English at a language school then I’m going to travel around Australia.
John: What a great idea! But I’ll miss you. Maybe we can meet in Australia though. How long are you going to be there?
Miyako: I’m going to be there for a whole year.
John: How long are you going to be at the language school?
Miyako: I’m only going to be there for a month. I’m going to do a one month course then I’m going to go traveling.
John: Are you going to travel for a whole eleven months?
Miyako: I don’t know. I might travel for a bit then stop and work for a bit then travel a bit more then stop and work a bit more.
John: Are you going to have enough money?
Miyako: Money is a problem but I’m going to be able to work. I’m going to be able to get a working holiday visa and I’m going to be able to work legally.
John: Wonderful! Excellent! Great! What a great adventure!

at Kool Skatkat

Mark: Ok. It is my first day on the job. I am a new reporter for the Mosquito City Herald. Hello, Brad.
Brad: Hi, Mark. How are you doin’ there?
Mark: Good. Good. How are you?
Brad: It is really god to see you. Are you having a good time?
Mark: I am having a good time.
Brad: Wonderful.
Mark: I got a new job.
Brad: You got a new job. That is terrific. Terrific.
Mark: I am a journalist.
Brad: A journalist!
Mark: Yep.
Brad: Oh. That is fantastic. I didn’t realize.
Mark: I was an English teacher before but now I am a journalist at the Mosquito City Herald.
Brad: Oh. You have blown me away.
Mark: Today is my first day.
Brad: First day. What are you going to do then?
Mark: I am going to interview Peter Bestluck, the richest man in Mosquito City.
Brad: Oh Peter Bestluck. He is a really nice guy.
Mark: Is he?
Brad: Oh, he is wonderful person.
Mark: I have heard different things about him.
Brad: What have you heard?
Mark: Some people say he is a nice person and some people say he is a great bloke and some people say he is ok. I haven’t heard anything bad.
Brad: Oh that is right. You will never hear anything bad about Peter Bestluck. Never. He is a wonderful person.
Mark: A wonderful fellow. Good. Ok, well I better get to work. I have got to be there in half an hour. I (had) better hurry up.
Brad: OK. Great. Have a good time. Have a great interview.
Mark: See ya later, mate.
Brad: See ya later.
Mark: See ya.

at Mark White

Mark: Ok, so I have got my newspaper. I am going to sit down and read the newspaper. I have to find a park. There is a lot of traffic here. There are lots of cars. There is a park over there in front of the city office. I will go and sit there and read my newspaper….OK….Very interesting. Very interesting…Hello!
A Woman in the Park: Hello.
Mark: How are you?
The Woman in the Park: Oh very well thank you.
Mark: Lovely weather.
The Woman in the Park: Oh it is beautiful… What are you doing?
Mark: Just reading the paper. Just relaxing. I am new in town.
The Woman in the Park: Oh wonderful!
Mark: You live here?
The Woman in the Park: Yes, I live just round the corner.
Mark: I have just come from Japan.
The Woman in the Park: Oh Japan!
Mark: I have just moved here.
The Woman in the Park: Very interesting.
Mark: Have you been to Japan?
The Woman in the Park in Front of the City Office: Never. I know very little about it.
Mark: It is a very interesting place.
The Woman in the Park: Sumo wrestling.
Mark: Sumo wrestling. Sushi.
The Woman: Oh yes. Sushi.
Mark: Have you ever eaten sushi?
The Woman in the Park: Well, actually there is a sushi bar here.
Mark: Oh really. Have you tried it?
The Woman in the Park: Yeah I try it regularly.
Mark: Right.
The Woman in the Park: It is not a “Kaiten Sushi“, though. It is just an ordinary very small sushi bar.
Mark: I don’t eat a lot of sushi actually. I like vegetables.
The Woman in the Park: Oh vegetables. We have plenty of those. You might have found out about that.
Mark: Yeah yeah. I have seen there is a lot of fresh fruit too. It is good. It is lovely. This is a lovely place. What do you do?
The Woman: Well, I am a farmer.
Mark: Oh.
The Woman: A farmer’s wife, excuse me.
Mark: Right. OK. And you are at the City office today…You have come in to do some business?
The Woman: Well, Mosquito City isn’t that big.
Mark: Right.
The Woman: So I like to stroll around, you know, interesting atmosphere.
Mark: Right. OK.
The Woman: I know a lot of people here.
Mark: Right OK. That is a lovely duck you have there too. Is that your duck?
The Woman: Yes, that is my duck.
Mark: Right OK.
The Duck: Quack quack.
Mark: Right. OK. Oh well. I think I will go for a stroll.
The Woman: OK. Have a nice day.
Mark: Nice talking to you. Bye.
The Farmer’s Wife: Bye Bye.

at Dannyman

Mark: Gee! The people are friendly here in Mosquito City. This is a really nice place. Well. I am hungry. Here we are. I am in the restaurant now. Excuse me. Could I see the menu please?
The Waiter: Certainly Sir. Here you are.
Mark: Thank you very much.
The Waiter: Take your time.
Mark: Thank you. Ok. They have got a lot of different food here. This looks good.
The Waiter: Can I recommend today’s special, Sir?
Mark: Yes, please. What is it?
The Waiter: Well it is vegetarian. Quiche Lorraine.
Mark: Quiche Lorraine?
The Waiter: Vegetarian style.
Mark: Ok. I will have that.
The Waiter: Locally grown vegetables. Organic vegetables, Sir.
Mark: (It) sounds great. (It) sounds great. And do you have any wine?
The Waiter: Certainly Sir. We have locally grown…I mean locally made wine. (embarrassed laugh)
Mark: Could I have a glass of red wine and a piece of quiche? Does that come with salad?
The Waiter: Yeah. That’ll come with salad. It all comes together.
Mark: And bread?
The Waiter: In fact you don’t have to pay because you are staying at the hotel over the road.
Mark: Oh, it is free?
The Waiter: It certainly is.
Mark: Well, I will have salad and quiche and wine.
The Waiter: Certainly, Sir.
Mark: Thank you.

at egg

London Bloke: Personally to myself, Class A drugs are drugs that…Ok I will put it this way…
Australian Bloke: Speed. Co…?
London Bloke: I will put it this way. To me non-Class A drugs are drugs that can be cultivated without any …modern farming techniques … or chemical interference… for example… non-Class A drugs: marijuana, even opium. Yeah? Class A drugs: heroin, cocaine, crack, ice, MDMA: ecstasy, ketamine. That to me is class A drugs.
Australian Bloke: What have they all got in common?
London Bloke: They all eat Mr Jack(?)