George

I mean it's gotten to the point where I'm flirting with operators on the phone. I almost made a date with one.

Jerry

Oh, so there's still hope.

George

I don't want hope. Hope is killing me. My dream is to become hopeless. When you're hopeless, you don't care, and when you don't care, that indifference makes you attractive.

Jerry

Oh, so hopelessness is the key.

George

It's my only hope.