Wednesday, November 13, 2024

“Give me the peaceful train”

From The Palm Beach Story (1942), written and directed by Preston Sturges. J.D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee) and Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) are aboard J.D.’s yacht. A steward has a question: “Will you dine on deck, Mr. Hackensacker, or in the saloon?”

J.D. to Gerry:

“We can have it on deck if you like, but it blows everything all over the place. There are a lot of inconveniences to yachting that people don’t know anything about. Give me the peaceful train.”
[Saloon : “the living area on a yacht” (Merriam-Webster).]

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