The Imitation Game - Debate on Agreement Among Colleagues
Hugh Alexander:
So who do you agree with? Alan or myself?
Helen:
Well, Alan, of course.
Alan Turing: [stammering; Joan kicks him under the table]
I'm very flattered really, but I... I don't think that...
Hugh Alexander:
Rubbish.
Helen:
Well, I work beside a man every day, and I can't help but have developed a bit of a crush on him.
Hugh Alexander:
Well, who is this man? So I can kick his arse.
Helen:
Oh, there's no need to worry, it's been chaste. We've never even met. He's a German.
Hugh Alexander:
Now I really want to kill him.
Alan Turing:
Er... How... How do you mean you work alongside a German?
Helen:
Well, each of us intercepts messages from a specific German radio tower. So we have a counterpart on the other side, who's tip-tapping out the messages. Everyone types a touch differently, so you get to know the rhythm of your counterpart. It's strangely intimate. I feel as if I know him so well. It's a pity he has a girlfriend, but that's why I disagree with you, Mr. Alexander, because I'm in love with a coworker of sorts and we've never even met.
Hugh Alexander:
Well, allow me to buy you another pint and I'll tell you why you're wrong.
Helen:
Let's.
Hugh Alexander:
Excellent.
Joan Clarke:
In case you were wondering, that's what flirting looks like.
Alan Turing: [loudly]
HELEN!
Joan Clarke: [slightly embarrassed, as his shout has drawn attention to them]
Alan!
Helen:
Yes, Alan?
Alan Turing: [gets up and faces her]
Why do you think your German counterpart has a girlfriend?
Helen:
It's just a stupid joke. Don't worry about it.
Alan Turing:
No, no, no, no, no, tell me.
Helen:
Well, each of his messages begins with the same five letters. C-I-L-L-Y. So I suspect that Cilly must be the name of his amore.
Alan Turing:
But that's impossible. The Germans are instructed to use five random letters at the start of every message.
Helen:
Well, this bloke doesn't.
Hugh Alexander:
Love will make a man do strange things, I suppose.
Alan Turing:
In this case.... love just lost Germany the whole bloody war!
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