Drawing Tentacles

Seafood bar/restaurant around the block.

Barrioboy: So, how long does it take to boil an octopus?
Octopus Boiler: (turning away) Depends on its size.
Bb: (pauses) Let's say it's just your average 'pulpo', not one of your Jules Verne types.
OB: (turning round and giving a look as if to say, 'What's it to you, chum?')...
Bb: What do you think? Twenty minutes or so?
OB: You've got to pinch it to make sure it's done...
Bb: Ok, but I mean...(pointing)...one like that one there...
OB: (looks)...
Bb: (weakly) 30 minutes?
OB: ..maybe more.
Bb: Forty?
OB: A little less.
Bb: Ok, so it would be more or less done in 35 minutes...maybe 34 or maybe 36, depending on its size, and assuming it's got all eight tentacles...
Voice in off: Don't even go there!
OB: They've all got eight!
VIO: Told you so!
Bb: Ehm...could I just have the bill, please?

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