Short Cuts Page #2

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I'm a prisoner of life

[Whistling, Smattering Of Applause]

You okay?

I told you I canceled the Times, right?

Stopped the mail.

All you have to do is come in

and check up on everything and feed the fish.

I'll write - I got it all written down.

Didn't I put it on the, um, fridge?

- Yeah, she wrote it down. I watched her.

- I got it written -

- Just come back tomorrow morning.

- Okay.

- You are gonna -

- I -Your fish are gonna be fine.

What about the lionfish?

Feeding the lionfish?

- That was just a joke, honey!

- No, no, no, no. No, no.

- Lionfish like goldfish.

- That's what you wrote down.

- Yes. You feed them live goldfish.

- I thought you were joking.

- No!

- You do that.

[TV:
Commentator]

Earthquakes, water shortages...

fires, mud slides...

- [Woman, Children Talking, Indistinct]

- Crime, gang warfare, massive overcrowding.

"His mother's name was Speckled Hen.

She looked..."

What will our lives be like

if we have to share space with the medfly?

- [Helicopter Blades Whirring]

- [Barking]

Gene.! Gene, the helicopters are here.!

Shut the windows.!

Watch your brother. Okay?

Watch your brother.

Suzy! Come here,

my good little boy. Yes!

Sandy, shut the windows

for me, please.

- [TV:
Commentator Continues]

- What are you doing?

The dog stays outside.

I've told you a hundred times!

Don't put Suzy outside.

The spraying - It's gonna give him cancer!

It's not gonna give it cancer!

Don't you get environmental on me, Sherri.

Have you listened to the news lately?

It's dangerous!

They wouldn't be doing it

if it was dangerous!

[Gene] Come on, kids.!

It's all right.! Come on outside.!

It's all right.! It's safe.! Come on.!

Oh! Oh, yeah! Yeah, go on!

Get cancer!

[Suzy Continues Barking]

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