Thornton Reed quotes from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Anyway, I'm outta here.

Not so fast, mister. Where were you last night?

Nowhere.

Nowhere?

That's right, nowhere.

Nowhere can be a lonely place to be.

I get by.

It's just that I've been hearing some things.

What things?

A lot of things. Strange things, crazy things. Things, Dag.

Things?

Things.

Well, shouldn't believe everything you hear Thornton.

You're hiding something Dag, I could swear it. I'm gonna give you 24 hours to get your sorry ship to shore. After that I'll do whatever it takes to 'unt you down.

I dunno what you're talking about.

24 hours Dag, 24 hours. 23 hours 59 minutes, don't make me stand 'ere and count.

See ya later. I would stay, but the air's starting to stink round here.

Not from me it's not, I just went.

I figure the following: Sanch is regressing to Homo neanderthalenus. Right now Sanch you're Homo erectus but who knows how long you’ve got?

I appreciate you being straight with me.

And you and I are Homo sapiens?

Correct.

But if we’re all basically Homos, shouldn’t we get along?

You’d have thought. But Homo erectus is famed for his meanness. How’re you feeling in here Sanch?

I’m bearing up… you know me Dag.

Yeah. Yeah I do big guy.

Come on you two queers. We need to lick this problem before it turns round and slaps us in the nuts. We need data. Liz, fill these boys in if you pardon the expression.

They’ve taken over!

Oh, no! Oh, Jesus! They've taken over! They've taken over!

I know!

Don’t drink that! Look, it’s bright green.

Thank God I only took a tiny sip.

Someone or something has been tampering with our water supply. I’m going to the water storeroom. I have a hunch that whoever, or whatever he, or she, or it is, will be in there.

Right! I’ll stay here and try and recuperate as fast as I can.

Liz

True enough, but if you boys make another crack about my taking a shit in Dag’s car, I’ll give you the thick end of the wedge.

Okay Liz, no need to go ape!

Liz

HEY! I thought I told you…

She’s going bananas!

Look Sanch, I know all about Linda and I’m sorry, God knows I am. But slapping Dag’s ass about the shop ain’t gonna bring her back any. Now if Dag thinks that the only way to contain this is to boil her, then I’m backing him a hundred and ten percent. That means I could backtrack ten percent and I’d still be completely behind him.

You have no idea what this feels like old timer.

I’ve been there hombre, when I heard my wife died I could barely finish my lunch.