Atlas Shrugged: Hobo Sign<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Alright! Everybody put your hands up!
\nDagny:<\/b> Did you just ram my train with\u2026 a train built to look like a giant snake?
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Kind of what I do! I\u2019m feeling in very high spirits today and want to get on with some proper robbery so I\u2019d appreciate it if you just hand over everything you own.
\nDagny:<\/b> I would rather die than give up one single object that I own.
\nTramp:<\/b> And all I still own is a pittance, being a homeless, jobless vagrant having been invited on this train to have my first hot meal in months.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Wait a second, you\u2019re treating this guy to a meal out of the goodness of your heart? Seriously? I thought I had some luck in finding a hero earlier but this is just\u2026
\nDagny:<\/b> Oh no no don\u2019t misunderstand I\u2019m not showing any sympathy for this man.
\nTramp:<\/b> And I would find it abhorrent if she did.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> But\u2026 you\u2019re\u2026 look he just said you\u2019re treating him to a meal.
\nDagny:<\/b> Yes not because I feel bad for him but because I admired his owning property, even in the face of death.
\nTramp:<\/b> Oh indeed, quite like what this fine woman said earlier I would much rather die than give up what property I have, even if it is but said pittance. I hope to find a job soon so that I can make back more property I can desperately cling to.
\nDagny:<\/b> As any good person rightly would.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Well\u2026 I mean\u2026 I guess that\u2019s still sort of a nice gesture\u2026
\nDagny:<\/b> You take that back!
\nTramp:<\/b> Yes I won\u2019t have you insult this fine can do woman by calling her nice.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Fine, whatever, look I\u2019m just going to get back to the robbing then. Alright so as I was\u2026 wait a minute\u2026 looking for a job?
\nTramp:<\/b> Yes all the work has dried up so I thought I would go out looking for new work.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Far be it for me to\u2026 advocate for a law but isn\u2019t it currently illegal to stop working and also illegal to look for a new job? I\u2019m not saying those laws don\u2019t deserve breaking, though again\u2026 I kind of advocate for all law breaking\u2026 but still, kind of fuzzy on the logistics here? Wouldn\u2019t you be a fugitive or a criminal?
\nDagny:<\/b> Oh I can answer that easily. That kind of stuff is just out of focus right now.
\nTramp:<\/b> Right, I\u2019m more of a\u2026 narrative device than an actual character. I\u2019ve got a speech to deliver and then I\u2019ll pretty much disappear from the story.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Well that\u2019s kind of depressing.
\nDagny:<\/b> Not at all! Giving big speeches\u2026 very heroic.
\nTramp:<\/b> Oh yes I\u2019m quite looking forward to it.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> I\u2019m going to have to sit here through your whole big dumb speech aren\u2019t I.
\nTramp:<\/b> Well, with you being a villain it would be only right for me to use it to try and defeat you.
\nDagny:<\/b> As defeating big villains with speeches is sort of what we heroes do.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> I\u2019d rather you just shoot me.
\nDagny:<\/b> See, the speech is working already!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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