A lesson learned in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in this most dramatic monologue from Brad Pitt
Sometimes we're on a collision course, and we just don't know it.
Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do
about it. A woman in Paris was on her way to go shopping, but she had
forgotten her coat - went back to get it. When she had gotten her coat,
the phone had rung, so she'd stopped to answer it; talked for a couple
of minutes. While the woman was on the phone, Daisy was rehearsing for a
performance at the Paris Opera House. And while she was rehearsing, the
woman, off the phone now, had gone outside to get a taxi. Now a taxi
driver had dropped off a fare earlier and had stopped to get a cup of
coffee. And all the while, Daisy was rehearsing. And this cab driver,
who dropped off the earlier fare; who'd stopped to get the cup of
coffee, had picked up the lady who was going to shopping, and had missed
getting an earlier cab. The taxi had to stop for a man crossing the
street, who had left for work five minutes later than he normally did,
because he forgot to set off his alarm. While that man, late for work,
was crossing the street, Daisy had finished rehearsing, and was taking a
shower. And while Daisy was showering, the taxi was waiting outside a
boutique for the woman to pick up a package, which hadn't been wrapped
yet, because the girl who was supposed to wrap it had broken up with her
boyfriend the night before, and forgot.
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