This is Rossi and he wants to live here
A young tom has been hanging about, giving us his best sales pitch for a home. Wherever we turn, there he is. Meow? We think his father is the grand old tom of the hood, Archie, as they have identical markings and Archie has been by a few times to visit this young cat. Tuffy calls this one Rossi.... at first she was calling him Always be Closing, and when I asked, she explained, he's always closing the deal, always trying to get himself adopted....always be closing. Remember Glengarry Glen Ross?
"(Blake flips over a blackboard which has two sets of letters on it: ABC, and AIDA.)
Blake: A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!! A-I-D-A. Attention, interest, decision, action. Attention -- do I have your attention? Interest -- are you interested? I know you are because it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks! Decision -- have you made your decision for Christ?!! And action. A-I-D-A; get out there!! You got the prospects comin' in; you think they came in to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't walk on the lot unless he wants to buy. Sitting out there waiting to give you their money! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? (to Moss) What's the problem pal? You. Moss.
Moss: You're such a hero, you're so rich. Why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?
(Blake sits and takes off his gold watch)
Blake: You see this watch? You see this watch?
Moss: Yeah.
Blake: That watch cost more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you -- go home and play with your kids!! (to everyone) You wanna work here? Close!! (to Aaronow) You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this -- how can you take the abuse you get on a sit?! You don't like it -- leave. I can go out there tonight with the materials you got, make myself fifteen thousand dollars! Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can you? Go and do likewise! A-I-D-A!! Get mad! You sons of bitches! Get mad!! You know what it takes to sell real estate?
(He pulls something out of his briefcase)
Blake: It takes brass balls to sell real estate.
(He's holding two brass balls on string, over the appropriate "area"--he puts them away after a pause)
Blake: Go and do likewise, gents. The money's out there, you pick it up, it's yours. You don't--I have no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those sits tonight and close, close, it's yours. If not you're going to be shining my shoes. Bunch of losers sitting around in a bar. (in a mocking weak voice) "Oh yeah, I used to be a salesman, it's a tough racket." (he takes out large stack of red index cards tied together with string from his briefcase) These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. (he hands the stack to Williamson) They're for closers.
I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it. (to Moss as he puts on his watch again) And to answer your question, pal: why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to, they asked me for a favor. I said, the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser."
So Tuffy has called this cat Rossi, after Glengarry Glen Ross. If he keeps trying to close the deal, pretty soon we'll have him at the vet for a checkup.....
13 comments:
He's beautiful!
Obviously he's no fool.
I'm laughing - amazing he knew there was an "opening" in your pride - being an artist, you need a cat that is a closer - you never know what he might sell!
I was thinking the same thing - he's come to fill the void. The patio looks great!
I love his markings, dramatic. Nice meow face.
I couldn't agree with everyone more. Rossi already looks at home.
He's a keeper, and so is the patio!
Rossi is very cool. And I love the background to his name. GGR is a great movie.
I'm curious, when you take in strays do you have them neutered?
He's a sweetie.And smart too since he's know's there is an opening.
Love, Lori
lm....any strays we take in get the full treatment at the vets before they join the household...that includes getting neutered, getting bloodwork done so we know what grizzly stray-cat problems they have, getting de-wormed and so on.
I hadn't even thought about all the diseases those little strays would have. A friend of mine used to work for the Humane Society and would unleash diatribes on people who didn't fix their animals. She saw too many creatures living lives of non-stop pain.
Rossi is clever and gorgeous. But then, he IS a cat, so is it at all surprising?!
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