Against The Current Page #5

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What would you prefer we do?

Stop the trip. Take him to a hospital.

Get him committed or something.

lf we stop the trip and say,

''No, we're not going along with this,''

what's that going to accomplish?

He wants to kill himself, he'll find a way.

Maybe sooner rather than later.

PAUL:
You guys talking about me?

-Yeah.

-JEFF:
Yeah.

Please don't.

JEFF:
Okay.

We'll chat about the weather instead.

PAUL:
Pretty nice day, huh?

JEFF:
Yeah. How's the water?

PAUL:
Not as bad as yesterday.

JEFF:
Ah! Probably getting used to it.

PAUL:
Probably.

JEFF:
Water's always freezing

when you first get in.

PAUL:
Ain't that the truth.

Well, keep on trucking.

Will do, buddy.

(SOFTLY) l don't know

what the hell to do, okay?

l don't know what to do.

lf he kills himself,

maybe he'll give me his television.

lt's got a huge screen.

MAN 1:
What's he swimming for?

JEFF:
Just for fun.

MAN 2:
Don't know how clean the water is.

MAN 1 :
There's a freshwater lake

a few miles inland.

JEFF:
l don't think

pollution's a top priority of his.

Let's get some hot dogs.

JEFF:
Damn it!

All right.

Put that around there.

We're looking for hot dogs.

l don't have any.

Fair enough.

Anybody know where we can

get something to eat?

Town's about a quarter-mile down the road.

Perry's has hot dogs.

-No, they don't.

-Yeah, they do.

-They're iust not on the menu.

-Yeah, you have to ask for 'em.

MAN 1:
Bullshit!

MAN 2:
It's true. You just have to ask for 'em.

-Who told you that?

-Nobody told me. l just know.

Don't worry, we'll get to the bottom of it.

Knock some heads together, if we have to.

Mmm-hmm.

Will you keep an eye on her for me?

PAUL:
Mmm! Mmm!

l saw this thing on TV once,

a special about the death penalty,

and they were talking about

prisoners' last meals, and this...

This chaplain was saying

in his 30 years at Sing Sing,

never once did he actually see

a prisoner eat his last meal.

They always ended up

giving it to the other prisoners.

We'll be passing Sing Sing.

l know. That's why l mentioned it.

Why did you mention it?

Well, how can you be eating so happily

if you know you're going to die soon?

Well, A, this isn't my last meal,

B, l'm hungry, and C, l love food.

LIZ:
Okay. Good. You love food.

That... Isn't that one reason

not to kill yourself, right there?

l mean, not to mention

the millions of other reasons.

l mean, you were like a little kid

when we got those donuts on the drive up.

l'm sure they'll have donuts in heaven.

-What?

-l'm sure they'll have donuts in heaven.

-They have donuts in heaven.

-Right.

l mean, if one believes in the concept

of heaven as a paradise,

not really a stretch to believe

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