Memorable Quotes from Michael Chinyamurindi
5 quotesConcern Over Abandonment on a Rough Trail
Lyle
Ursula! Gosh, this trail's really rough.
N'Dugo
Drop him! You're not his donkey. "Ursula! Ursula!" Next cliff we pass, he's history.
[Swahili; mocking Lyle; Swahili; he and his men start going in another direction]
Lyle
Hey, come back here.
Max
They're not abandoning us, are they?
Kwame
They are threatening.
Lyle
If you don't mind, Kwame, I have a knack for getting the most out of my employees. Do you mind if I address the porters?
Kwame
They only speak Swahili.
Lyle
Well, I just happen to have a Swahili phrase book.
Kwame
Be my guest.
Lyle
Pardon me, girls. I know you're feeling pretty hey sailor up here about now. But, if you would just let me order a bowl of fried clams, we can all have smallpox tomorrow morning. I think our troubles are over.
[Swahili; The porters laugh. Lyle speaks English]
Max
Tell them I'll pay 50 zamoles a man if they'll help me capture the White Ape and bring him back alive.
Lyle
Alive? After he...uh...well, he pulled Ursula's scrunchy off. We know that much.
Max
50 zamoles a man. What do you say?
Kwame
They only speak Swahili.
N'Dugo
100 zamoles a man and you got a deal.
[in English]
Lyle
Hey, wait a second.
[shocked]
Max
Done.
[acceptingly]
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Lyle's Unusual Morning in the Jungle
Narrator
The very next morning, Kwame and his men were drawing dangerously close. That is, dangerously close to shoving a coconut up Lyle's... sleeping bag.
[Lyle gets hit by tree branches; wryly]
Lyle
That's it! I've had it! I am the richest, smartest, handsomest guy here, so I get to go first! There's an elephant around here.
[suddenly trips and falls face first into elephant feces and everyone groans in disgust]
Guides
Ready!
[they all throw their heads back and guffaw at Lyle; a monkey, watching nearby, laughs with them; Lyle gets up, spitting out the feces]
Lyle
Those were nowhere near properly digested! In case anybody's wondering, I'm okay. Have you cleaned my lighter yet?
[Max and Thor laugh along with the porters]
N'Dugo
One moment. You blonde-haired baboon.
[in Swahili]
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Facing the Odds in Adversity
Lyle
Hey! The important thing, Kwame, is that I was outnumbered.
N'Dugo
It's easy to be outnumbered when you're a ].
[in Swahili; [zero]
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Contemplating Revenge on a Jerk
N'Dugo
I was on a bridge like this in ], and it was steady as a rock".
[Mocking Lyle in Swahili; [w:Maui|Maui; grunts]
Lyle
They probably think I'm the biggest jerk they've ever seen in their lives. I'll bet they're thinking of something ] to do to me.
[[evil]
Porter 1
That guy's the biggest jerk I've ever seen in my life.
[in Swahili]
Porter 2
Let's think of something evil to do to him.
[in Swahili; N'Dugo grunts]
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Identifying the Assailant in the Line-up
Narrator
Meanwhile, Kwame and his men faced the next-to-impossible task of picking out George's assailant from a line-up of the usual suspects.
N'Dugo
No. No. Too short. Too sweaty. Wait a second. That's the guy. That's the guy who shot him. I never forget a face.
[sees Lyle but doesn't recognize him at first]
Lyle
Me?
N'Dugo
Yes, that's him! That's our baboon!
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