Who wants to flirt with a handkerchief? I want to flirt with a woman.
STRAIGHT
Listen to what the book says. To a flirter all things have got a language. According to this book flirters can speak with the eye, with the fan, with the cane, with the umbrella, with the handkerchief, with anything; this book tells you how to do it.
COMEDIAN
For ten cents.
Note that the straight-man does not say, "with the eye, cane, umbrella—" and so on through the list. He says "With the eye, with the fan, with the cane—." There can be no mistake—as there might be if the items were enumerated swiftly. Each one is given importance by the "with the eye, with the fan." The words "with the" lend emphasis and a humorous weight.
STRAIGHT
Shut up. Now when you see a pretty woman coming along who wants to flirt with you, what is the first thing a man should do?
COMEDIAN
Run the other way.