On the Beach Page #5

YOU LIKE THAT ?

SETTLES THE STOMACH.

I HAD A LOT TO DRINK.

I HAD A LOT TO DRINK.

JULIAN HAD:

A LOT TO DRINK.

JULIAN AND I:

ARE THE TOWN DRUNKS.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING

TO FORGET ?

IT'S A DAMN SILLY QUESTION

IF I EVER HEARD ONE.

[ Chuckles ]

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S JUST AN EXPRESSION.

YOU KNOW...

SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE

GIVEN ME A COPY...

OF THE LOCAL GROUND RULES.

I MIGHT HAVE OPENED

MY BIG MOUTH.

[ Chuckling ]

DANGER STRUCK:

FROM THE WRONG QUARTER.

THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY

WATCH THE WRONG MOUSE HOLE.

COME AGAIN ?

BUT THEN WHO WOULD KNOW

YOU WERE SO TOUGH

AND DRANK STRAIGHT MILK ?

WHERE ARE YOU FROM ?

WHICH STATE ?

[ Laughs ]

I'M FROM IDAHO.

IDAHO ?

I KNOW BETTER:

THAN THAT.

THERE'S NO NAVY IN IDAHO

BECAUSE IT'S TOO HILLY.

WELL, I WAS BORN IN IDAHO.

I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT NOW.

NEAR NEW LONDON,

WHERE I'M BASED.

WHERE WERE YOU DURING

ALL THE WATCHAMACALLIT ?

OH, NO. I DIDN'T MEAN

TO ASK YOU THAT.

PETER SAID NOT TO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER.

I CAN'T DECIDE IF

I'M MORE OBJECTIONABLE

DRUNK OR SOBER.

IT'S PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

WE WERE AT SEA...

BETWEEN KISKA AND MIDWAY,

WHEN IT BEGAN.

WE GOT ORDERS TO GO

TO THE WEST PACIFIC,

AND WHEN WE PUT OUR NOSE UP

NORTH OF IWO JIMA...

THE AIR WAS FILLED

WITH RADIOACTIVE DUST.

SO WE DUCKED.

LATER ON,

TOOK A LOOK AT MANILA...

THROUGH THE PERISCOPE.

IT WAS STILL TOO HO TO SURFACE, SO WE CAME DOWN

THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA...

AND ENDED UP HERE.

THERE WASN'T MUCH

OF ANYPLACE ELSE TO GO.

[ Pouring A Drink ]

YOU LOOK MARRIED.

OH, I AM.

MY WIFE'S NAME IS SHARON.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS:

RICHARD, EIGHT;

HELEN, FIVE.

[ Chuckles ]

DICK IS THE REAL SAILOR

OF THE FAMILY.

HE IS GOING TO ANNAPOLIS.

[ Chuckles ]

OH, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

HE'LL PROBABLY

CHANGE HIS MIND.

WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG ?

CAN YOU:

EXPLAIN IT TO ME ?

NOBODY CAN:

EXPLAIN IT TO ME.

AND DON'T TELL ME ABOU THOSE DAMN WINDS AGAIN.

HOW THE NORTHERN

HEMISPHERE AND THE

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE...

GET ALL MIXED UP

AND OVERLAP.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR

ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.

ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS...

IF EVERYBODY WAS SO SMART,

WHY DIDN'T THEY KNOW

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ?

THEY DID.

WELL, I--

I CAN'T TAKE IT.

I--

[ Sighs ]

OH, YES, I CAN TAKE IT.

BUT IT'S UNFAIR.

IT'S UNFAIR BECAUSE

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING...

AND NOBODY I KNOW

DID ANYTHING.

MAYBE I'M STUPID.

I HAD TO TAKE ALGEBRA TWICE.

THE ONLY THING I COULD

UNDERSTAND WAS GEOGRAPHY.

I LIKE GEOGRAPHY.

YOU KNOW WHA I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ?

I WANTED TO WALK DOWN

THE RUE DE RIVOLI.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN

TO THE RUE DE RIVOLI ?

YES.

I WANTED TO WALK DOWN

THE RUE DE RIVOLI,

AND I WANTED TO BUY GLOVES.

I KNOW THE FRENCH WORD

FOR GLOVES--

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