A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – When I think of all those poor people who have nothing to eat…
Two – Again…?
One – While we’re here stuffing ourselves.
Two – On the other hand, sometimes we don’t really know what we’re eating, do we?
One – That’s true… We don’t know what to eat anymore.
Two – Fish is full of mercury.
One – Meat is loaded with antibiotics.
Two – Vegetables are soaked in pesticides.
One – Even chocolate, apparently, is full of heavy metals.
Two – Not to mention tap water.
One – Or even mineral water, because of plastic bottles.
Two – Yeah… I can’t remember who said you dig your grave with your teeth.
One – It’s a Chinese proverb, I think.
Two – It’s incredible how many stupid proverbs the Chinese have come up with.
One – You dig your grave with your teeth… Go and tell that to people starving to death in Africa or elsewhere.
Two – We still have to eat something, that’s for sure. We’re not going to let ourselves starve.
One – Yeah… If we have to die of something, we might as well die with a full stomach.
Two – Shall I serve you some more?
One – Gladly…
Blackout.