By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 18 April 2000
SCENE 78
SCENE 78-INT.-Night (not that it matters!). Treasure Island casino. Papaw is sitting in front of a slot machine drinking a Blue Hawaiian. He hits the jackpot. Lights go off and the machine makes a lot of noise because he has just won $50,000. There is no expression on Papaw's face as he watches the silver dollars drop down into the tray.
Papaw: Aw, hell. There's no way I can fit all those coins into this bucket.
People crowd around Papaw.
Man in a Disney World t-shirt: Aren't you excited, man? You just hit the jackpot!
Woman in a Caesar's Palace t-shirt: If he don't want it I'll take it!
Papaw: Would you people leave me alone? You idiotic vultures! Don't you have anything better to do? This isn't the "Price is Right." Go away!
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