First goddamn week of winter.
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Now I'll show you what I already know.
Childs, we're goin' out to give Blair the test. If he tries to make it back here and we're not with him... burn him.
MacReady: I don't know. Thousands of years ago it crashes, and this thing... gets thrown out, or crawls out, and it ends up freezing in the ice.Childs: I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.Palmer: Childs, happens all the time, man. They're falling out of the skies like flies. Government knows all about it, right, Mac?Childs: You believe any of this voodoo bullshit, Blair?Palmer: Childs, Childs... Chariots of the Gods, man. They practically own South America. I mean, they taught the Incas everything they know.Garry: So, come on now, MacReady, Norwegians get ahold of this... and they dig it up out of the ice.MacReady: Yes, Garry, they dig it up, they cart it back, it gets thawed out, it wakes up... probably not the best of moods... I don't know, I wasn't there!Nauls: [skates in with ripped long johns] Which one of you disrespectful men been tossing his dirty drawers in the kitchen trash can, huh? From now, I want my kitchen clean, all right? Germ free!Childs: So how's this motherfucker wake up after thousands of years in the ice?George Bennings: And how can it look like a dog?MacReady: I don't know how. 'Cause it's different than us, see? 'Cause it's from outer space. What do you want from me? Ask him!Childs: You buy any of this Blair?
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