- Joel's Mother: Joel?
- Joel: Yes, Mom?
- Joel's Mother: Can I talk to you for a minute? What happened to my egg?
- Joel: What do you mean?
- Joel's Mother: There's a crack in it!
- Joel: You're kidding!
- Joel's Mother: No, Joel, I'm not kidding. There's a small crack, inside the egg.
- Joel's Father: What's wrong?
- Joel's Mother: My egg is ruined.
- Joel's Father: What happened?
- Joel: I don't know.
- Joel's Mother: You don't know.
- Joel: Mom, maybe it was there before.
- Joel's Mother: I don't think so, Joel. How could you let this happen?
- Joel: I'm sorry.
- Joel's Mother: This is so damned irresponsible of you!
- Joel's Father: We'll get another one. Joel will pay for it.
- Joel: Sure, I'll pay for it.
- Joel's Mother: Where will you get the money to pay for something like that? I'm very disappointed in you. [walks out]
- Joel's Father: She'll be all right. Why don't you put in some yard work?
- Joel's Father: Do you have something to tell me?
- Joel: No...I don't think so.
- Joel's Father: I just got off the telephone with Bill Rutherford. Apparently, you two had quite a meeting. "Princeton can use a guy like Joel."
- Joel: What?
- Joel's Father: "Princeton can use a guy like Joel." His exact words!
- Joel: That's unbelievable!
- Joel's Father: You're as good as in! I knew you could do it! Haven't I been telling you, sometimes you have to say: "What the heck!" Take some chances.
- Joel: You were so right.
- Joel's Father: You've made me very proud.
- Lana: Guess we won't see each other for awhile.
- Joel: I know.
- Lana: Are you going straight home now?
- Joel: I don't know. Why?
- Lana: It might be nice if we spent the evening together.
- Joel: I'd really like that. [pause] How much have you got on you?
- Lana: How much have I got on me?
- Joel: Yeah.
- Lana: I've got twenty bucks.
- Joel: Twenty bucks, Lana? What are we going to do about this?
- Lana: Well, it's just that I don't have that much on me.
- Lana: Can I send it to you?
- Joel: Can you send it to me?
- Lana: 'Cause I don't have that much here. How about I write you a check?
- Joel: Do you think I'd take a check from you? What am I, stupid?
- Lana: I have a bond at the bank.
excerpt from "Risky Business" 1983
