Lloyd: What are the chances of a guy like you and a girl like me… ending up together?Mary: Well, that’s pretty difficult to say.Lloyd: Hit me with it! I’ve come a long way to see you, Mary. The least you can do is level with me. What are my chances?Mary: Not good.Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?Mary: I’d say more like one out of a million.[pause]Lloyd: So you’re telling me there’s a chance.
I think this scene from Dumb and Dumber is probably pretty close to a transcript of the conversation that occurred between Bernard Madoff and his attorney on the subject of whether Madoff could successfully seek leniency in his sentencing on June 29.
