Good Morning, Good Day

ARPAD: Good morning. SIPOS: Good day. ARPAD: How are you this beautiful day? Isn't this a beautiful morning? SIPOS: Very. ARPAD: Hey Sipos, how's this? SIPOS: That's an awfully elegant pose, But is all that elegance necessary? ARPAD: (spoken) And why not? I represent Maraczek's don't I? We're not a butcher's shop or a hardware store, we're a parfumerie. That means we're, we're... SIPOS: We're stylish. ARPAD: That's it. SIPOS: With a quiet dignity. ARPAD: Yes. And we get the tilt of our hats right. SIPOS: That's right. ARPAD: When I ride my bike People see what Maraczek's like, So I think it's very important that I look my best. SIPOS: (spoken) And, uh, how many people have you run over today? ARPAD: Not one! SIPOS: Well, it's early. ARPAD: Here comes Miss Ritter. SIPOS: Oh? ARPAD: She spent the night with Mr. Kodaly. SIPOS: Again? ARPAD: They always kiss goodbye at the newsstand, then she walks around the block to make us think she's been home. ILONA: Good morning. ARPAD & SIPOS: Good day. ILONA: How are you this glorious day? Have you seen a lovelier morning? ARPAD & SIPOS: Never. ILONA: It's too nice a day To be inside shuffling soap. I have no more energy whatsoever. (Spoken) Anybody mind if I take the day off? Arpad, why aren't you old enough to take me away from all this? ARPAD: I'm old enough. ILONA: Well, then marry me, and I'll quit my job. No. I'm afraid you're not really quite old enough. ARPAD: It won't be long though, I'm catching up. You know, Miss Horvath always used to say I'd get to be thirty-five before you ever did. SIPOS: Oh, Mr. Kodaly. KODALY: Good morning. ARPAD, SIPOS, & ILONA: Good day. KODALY: How are you this radiant day? What a rare, magnificent morning. ARPAD, SIPOS, & ILONA: Is it? KODALY: Good morning, my dear. How are you this ravishing day? Do you know you've never looked more exquisite? ILONA: Thank you, kind sir. KODALY: (spoken) What a lovely dress. ARPAD: The same one she had on yesterday, Mr. Kodaly. SIPOS: Well, if it isn't Mr. Novak. GEORG: Good morning. ARPAD, SIPOS, ILONA, & KODALY: Good day. GEORG: Isn't that a beautiful sky? What a perfect sample of summer weather. It's too nice a day to be indoors counting out change. What a waste of holiday weather altogether. Let's all run away. ILONA: Wouldn't it be something if we all took off from work? SIPOS: Leaving Mr. Maraczek without a single clerk. ARPAD: Why not have a picnic? SIPOS: I could bring my wife's preserves. KODALY: Champagne might be nice with hot hors d'oeurves. ALL: It's too nice a day To be stuck inside of a store. We could all be getting our summer sun tan. It's so nice a day To be dozing under a tree. SIPOS: Then we'll all be out of a job. ILONA: (spoken) If it costs that much to get suntanned... SIPOS: I'll stay untanned. KODALY: Pale, but solvent. ARPAD: A picnic... ALL: A picnic... Ah, well.