Nightlife at Ninety

Diurnal goes Nocturnal…

Hua Tunan: 
Night Owl

A-person: I used to be fundamentally an early bird but since turning ninety I’ve become a night-owl.

B-person: Welcome to the club. Enjoy the nightlife. Stevenson said there is a “romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours."

A-person: Not much romance in in my nightlife though. Nightlife for me passes for getting up four or five times a night to go to the toilet.

B-person: Oh. Yes. Passing. That’s a different kind of nightlife.

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Voice-over

Nightlife when you are ninety means avoiding going bump in the night when stumbling out of bed. Tooraloo!

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Hedonistic dissonance

TinTin analyzes Haddock as a hedonistic dissonant…
TinTin: Let me get this straight. You were at Stabas at three, checking emails. Your flight was at nine. How could anyone –
Haddock: Miss the flight? It happens.
TinTin: But this is the third time in as many years.
Haddock: Well. There have been - um - mitigating circumstances.
TinTin: Is it something to do with not wanting to waste a minute? Catching the latest possible train to the airport?
Haddock: I - I don’t have a gold card to get into a lounge.
TinTin: Because you always take cheap flights. False economies. And another thing. This being the last one to board before the doors close. Hedonistic dissonance, wouldn't you say?
Haddock: Excuse me?
TinTin: The risk taker who deliberately acts to bring about a negative result.
Haddock: Not deliberate. Anyway, I can catch tomorrow’s flight.
TinTin: You’re too old to be always sailing so close to the wind.

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Voice-over
TinTin is trying to make a point, but isn't quite able to throw Haddock out of the ring who is in vehement denial. However, the jury awards TinTin the bout.
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