- Nick Bali: Sometimes you use a carrot. Sometimes you use a stick. Sometimes you just lie your ass off.
- Nick Bali: There's a calculus to drinking. And if I got the math right, I'd land in the perfect blackout. No memories.
- Nick Bali: You think the boat is coming or y-you know that the boat is coming?
- Georges Mensah: The boat is coming.
- Nick Bali: Okay.
- Georges Mensah: They're gonna ship it to the Gambia from here.
- Nick Bali: Okay. "The Gambia"?
- Georges Mensah: Yeah.
- Nick Bali: That's what you call it? "The Gambia"?
- Georges Mensah: Yeah, it's called "The Gambia".
- Nick Bali: Never heard of that before. It's called "Gambia".
- Georges Mensah: No. "The Gambia". One of the few places with "the" in front.
- Nick Bali: Is that right, now? There's "The Bronx".
- Georges Mensah: "The Bronx"? "The" Bronx?
- Nick Bali: You know "The Bronx"! Come on, what are you talking about?
- Georges Mensah: No.
- Nick Bali: What, you think people just call it "Bronx"? "Let's go uptown to 'Bronx'"?
- Georges Mensah: Yeah. Yes. No? Do they say, "The Brooklyn"?
- Nick Bali: [laughing] No. They don't say, "The Brooklyn".
- Georges Mensah: Why is that funny? If they're saying, "The Bronx", why don't they say, "The Brooklyn"?
- Nick Bali: I don't know, man. Why do they say, "The Gambia"?
- Georges Mensah: Because of the river.
- Nick Bali: Oh.
- Georges Mensah: "The Gambia River". "The Gambia".
- Nick Bali: I didn't know. I didn't know it was a river.
- Georges Mensah: Why d'they call it "The Bronx"?
- Nick Bali: I don't know. Nobody knows that.
- Georges Mensah: You're not from there?
- Nick Bali: I'm from Queens. Not "The Queens". Just Queens.