Grabbers (2012)
Lalor Roddy: Paddy Barrett
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Quotes
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Garda Lisa Nolan : What is that thing?
Dr. Adam Smith : I haven"t a clue. I"ve never seen anything like it before. It"s a completely foreign species. I can"t even begin to originate or class it.
Paddy Barrett : A "grabber."
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Brian Maher : You bring potcheen into my bar?
Paddy Barrett : A bird never flew on one wing.
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Garda Ciarán O"Shea : What is it, Paddy?
Paddy Barrett : Wouldn"t you like to know?
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : Not really, no.
Paddy Barrett : You would, though.
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : No, not really.
Paddy Barrett : You would. If you were to know what I know, you"d want to know.
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : All right, tell us then.
Paddy Barrett : [leans in] Right, so, between you and me, I caught meself a sea monster today. Swear to God, may he strike me down. You don"t believe me?
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : Not a bit.
Paddy Barrett : I am no liar.
Brian Maher : Ha!
Paddy Barrett : Feck off, you!
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : All right, where is it?
Paddy Barrett : In me bathtub.
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : In your bathtub.
Paddy Barrett : Having a bath.
[Paddy laughs]
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : Goodnight, Paddy.
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Garda Lisa Nolan : Smith said it needs water, right?
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : Pfff... says a lot of things.
Paddy Barrett : Mostly bollocks.
Garda Lisa Nolan : Whatever. But if it needs water to survive, how could it be movin" about on dry land?
Paddy Barrett : It was rainin". When it"s rainin", there"s no such thing as dry land.
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Paddy Barrett : I say we feed it Father Potts. Unless it eats shit, it"ll choke to death.
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Garda Ciarán O"Shea : [Touching the seemingly dead alien species] It"s dead, right?
Dr. Adam Smith : Ummm, I"m not sure.
Garda Ciarán O"Shea : [Moves away cautiously] You"re not what?
Dr. Adam Smith : Basic tests I"ve done so far have shown up nothing usual or normal. It is beyond mystifying. I mean, really, I can"t be sure without opening it up.
Paddy Barrett : [Swiftly beats it with a stick; it doesn"t move] Ah... Tis dead.
