12:01 movie plot
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[Lisa and Barry are just meeting, and he is badly fumbling the conversation]
Lisa Fredericks: [amused] Where are you usually locked up?
Barry Thomas: Oh, I'm just an experiment gone horribly awry in the Personnel Department.
Lisa Fredericks: I see. I'm Lisa Fredericks.
Barry Thomas: I'm Barry Thomas.
Lisa Fredericks: [not sure how to take him] What is it that you do?
Barry Thomas: Oh, nothing. I just sort of boost morale in between threats of being fired.
Lisa Fredericks: Ah. Well, you seem to have a mind. That doesn't usually fit in this system. Nice to meet you.
[She turns away dismissively]
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[Barry and Howard watch Lisa across the lunchroom after Barry's first disastrous attempt to meet her]
Barry Thomas: So, uh, she likes me. A lot. Wouldn't you agree?
Howard Richter: Yeah. I'd say, like, you and a vicious ice cream headache are probably neck and neck.
Barry Thomas: Do I always sound like such an idiot or, or do I just save it for the people I really want to impress?