The Messenger Page #4

...you're not cut out for it.

So you have a girl?

You got to think about it?

Kelly.

We were together

since we were little kids.

Then when I was deployed, everything...

She wanted you to commit, you balked...

...and the minute you were gone,

Jody plunked his ass down in the La-Z-Boy.

You probably dodged a bullet.

The only reason to get married like that

is the extra pay.

Cut them in, then cut them loose.

Of course, they can always get pregnant

and bleed you dry.

It's too easy.

I just told her she was free.

I didn't want you knocking on her door.

Yeah, well.

Anyway, lot of Shellys out there.

Kelly.

You know, up to Vietnam,

they used send a telegram.

If it was your wife, what would she want?

Why don't you just kill me,

you son of a bitchl

Yeah! Come on! Come on!

Hey, that was quick.

Are you awake?

Just making sure you're on your toes.

- Is this a joke, sir?

- No, no. I just...

You know, since I stopped drinking,

I stay up nights...

...especially after notifying someone.

So you think you might stay on

after your enlistment's up?

I mean...

...hell, you...

What's your e-mail anyway? Do you I M?

I don't have a computer.

Really? How does that work?

Hey, you're funny.

- What?

- You calling my beeper.

- No, I'm not.

- Oh, sh*t.

Get ready. I'll meet you on post.

What's going on?

You gotta get out of here.

Don't look at me like that. I gotta go,

so you gotta go. Come on, let's go.

I don't get it. You married or something?

No, no. I just got... work.

Work? In the middle of the night

all of a sudden?

What the do you do? Deliver babies?

Dale Martin. Dale Martin. Dale. Dale.

Specialist Eric Martin, killed in action...

- I got it covered.

- I'm doing this one.

...in southern Iraq...

- It's okay. I'll do it.

I'm assigned to do something,

I'm going to do it, sir.

Specialist Eric Martin, southern Iraq.

Well, okay. It's a man this time.

So?

Men try harder to keep it together.

They're also the ones that can hurt you.

You cannot be a burden to taxpayersl

- You're not entitled to welfare...

- I'm doing this.

... Assistance that comes

in any way out of my pocket.

Well, then, reach down in your pants...

...grab a double handful of balls

and do it right.

Freeloader, got itl You can come here

if you can invest here...

around, let's say, 50 times

the current minimum wage.

If you can do that, ha, comel

Let's go.

Let's go.

Excuse me?

Mr. Martin?

Oh, sh*t!

Dale Martin?

The Secretary of the Army

has asked me to express his deep regret...

...that your son, Specialist Eric Martin,

was killed in action yesterday...

...in southern Iraq by sniper fire.

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