
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
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- 1962
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The marvel of our time, | I guess, is the exploration of outer space.
Man is, for the first time, | leaving the face of the Earth.
In the name of science, | diplomacy and technology...
we're getting off the planet.
However, the real reason | for this exploration is a simple one...
and I, Roger Hobbs | of St. Louis, Missouri...
have discovered this reason.
It's too damn crowded down here.!
Oh, welcome back, Mr. Hobbs.
- Thank you, Ellen. Glad to be back. | - Did you have a nice vacation?
Wonderful.
Uh, I want you to take something.
This goes to Mrs. Hobbs...
not to be opened | until after my death.
- Is this going to be a long one or a short one? | - I don't know yet.
Then I'd better get another book. | I've only a few pages left in this one.
My darling Peggy...
when you read this, I- Oh.
I'm sorry, but I remembered when you were | dictating that one about Mrs. Hobbs's brother-
what you really thought of him-
it was so long, | I ran right out of the book.
Uh-huh. Uh, well-
All right. Are you ready?
My darling Peggy, | by the time you read this...
I'll be in an urn | at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
So let me make it clear | from the very beginning...
that notwithstanding | what I may say here and now...
I loved you to the end | and with all my heart.
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With all my heart. Paragraph.
Please don't think I was hasty.
I was just like any other normal, | red-blooded American gopher...
who works in a big city.
Living underground | most of the time...
naturally, I liked the idea | of a little fresh air.
- Paragraph? | - Paragraph.
This is simply to explain to you...
why, after last month...
you never again | were able to suck me in...
to another gay, happy, | carefree vacation...
with the family-
may God bless and keep | each and every one of them...
individually.
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Even now, there is no man alive...
who believes more devoutly than I do...
that the family is the rock...
upon which civilization is built.
But speaking to you now | from beyond the grave...
let me say to you, frankly...
that I had rather stay on | as a gopher...
than be trapped with my family...
for a whole month in the same house.
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I also agree heartily | with all modern authorities...
that there is no more | sacred obligation in life...
than a lasting communication | between parents and children.
But from now on, I'm going to see | if I can't manage mine by long distance...
and the longer, the better.
- Paragraph? | - No paragraph.
It's not that I don't love them, | you understand.
It's just that the day finally arrives when | a man simply hasn't got the strength...
to handle all the jams | his children get themselves into.
Sailing date:
June 2.Remember lastJune, Peggy?
I called you from the office | that it was all set for a month's vacation?
Well, what I had in mind, darn it...
was a month off | just for you and me.
Just a couple of old smoothies | on the loose again...
communicating with nobody but each other | and an occasional deck steward.
- I can't see. | - Good evening.
Oh, hello. Would you mind | moving over a little bit, please?
How would you like to spend next month | on a real Western dude ranch?
- No, thanks. | - That's what you think, buster.
Ee-yah.!
Will you listen-Will you listen | for just one minute, darling?
Ah, hang up, Mother. Tell 'em Father's | home drunk and needs looking after.
- It's Katey, long distance. | - Well, what's- Nothing wrong, is there?
Oh, you bet there is. | She doesn't want to go to Emerald Bay.
It is not stupid, Katey, and I must say | that it's not very bright of you...
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