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        Before the restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally... where Sally, Harry, Jess, and Marie have supper, the movie shows Marie and Sally walking together, on the way to the restaurant, talking about the upcoming date.

Sally tells Marie if she and Harry get together, then we won't "drift apart," the way people always drift apart if one of them marries someone who doesn't know their friends.

        It cuts to Harry and Jess walking together toward the meeting place, and conversing.

Jess:  I don't know about this.

Harry:  It's just a dinner.

Jess:  I've finally gotten to a place in my life, where I'm comfortable with the fact that it's just me and my work.

(pause) - If she's so great, why aren't you taking her out?

Harry:  How many times do I have to tell ya, - we're just friends.

Jess:  So you're saying, she's not that attractive.

Harry:  No, I told you, she is attractive.

Jess: But, you also said she had a good personality.

Harry:  She has a good personality.

[Jess stops walking, and puts his hands up in despair.]

Harry:  What?

Jess:  When someone's not that attractive, they're always described as having a good personality.

Harry:  Look.  If you had asked me, 'What does she look like' and I said, 'She has a good personality' - that means she's not attractive.  But just because I happen to mention that she has a good personality, she could be either.  She could be attractive with a good personality, or not attractive with a good personality.

Jess:  So which one is she?

Harry:  Attractive.

Jess: (pointing a finger, for emphasis) - "But not beautiful, right?"

LOL.  It's so funny.  Suddenly, the more they talk and the more Jess gets wound up, no one is good enough for him - (and he, himself, is ok-looking, but he's no Richard Gere. ...)

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