COLUMBO: So, Miss Anna, you own many books! And many gimmick books, I think?
ANNA: Just so, Columbo.
C: And who do you 'stan' most, do you think?
A: Obviously G-- (I stop.) But no, I'm afraid I couldn't say.
ANNA: Just so, Columbo.
C: And who do you 'stan' most, do you think?
A: Obviously G-- (I stop.) But no, I'm afraid I couldn't say.
C: I'm just an old man. I only buy pulps and comics. Uncanny, Batman, and so on. But my gal, Mrs Columbo, Kathy, my gal is young and smart like you. Kathy cannot stop buying ... how do you say ... ooo-li-pooo?
A: (Feeling smug.) It's 'oulipo,' Columbo.
A: (Feeling smug.) It's 'oulipo,' Columbo.
C: Ah! Oulipo, right, that's what my gal calls it. I should go now.
A: You know how to find my door.
A: You know how to find my door.
C: But alas, a final parting thought! Miss Anna, do you, hmm, parlay in francais?
A: No, only translations.
C: But look! Why do you own La Disparition only as an original?
(Columbo points to a spot with a missing book. It's a spot for A Void, which I hit my victim with to kill him. I'm caught! My alibi is moot. My hands bloody, my gun smoking. My infraction found out by Columbo!)
(Columbo points to a spot with a missing book. It's a spot for A Void, which I hit my victim with to kill him. I'm caught! My alibi is moot. My hands bloody, my gun smoking. My infraction found out by Columbo!)
