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Jim: Did she say it?
Tom: Yes, of course she did. You know she did.
She always does it.
Jim: She kills me. I love it.
Tom: Yeah, well...
Jim: Make sure you stop at the grocery store
to pick up some fish you can say you caught later.
Tom: One time ... you do something one time ...
Jim: Well, it was a squid.
Tom: It was a squid.
Jim: From a lake?
Tom: I'll tell you this though when I dropped that squid
in the sink and the look on her face.
Totally worth it.
Tom: Comin' your way.
What? It's five-o-clock somewhere.
Is it a little too early for ya?
Jim: No, it's not too early ...but that's not the point.
Tom: The point? I didn't know there was a point.
We're fishing we're drinking beer ...that's what we DO.
Jim: Right. Hey, you know what? You got any waters in there?
Tom: Yeah, yeah, you're right ... it's a little too early ...
we'll let breakfast settle and then we'll have some beers.
I'll even wait with you.
Jim: Tommy?
Tom: Jimmy?
Jim: You know I'm not drinking anymore.
Tom: Yeah, I know we'll just wait. I mean we usually start
with a beer. It's okay.
Jim: No ... I mean I'm not drinking anymore. Period.
Tom: What do you mean?
Jim: Well, you know I got hepatitis when I was overseas.
Tom: Yeah.
Jim: Well it kinda did a number on my liver and the doc says...
Tom: Yeah, yeah. I know all about what the doc says.
Seriously, Jimmy ... just wants you to take it easy
doesn't mean you can't have a few beers now and then.
Jim: Actually it does.
Doctor: ... and by a healthy diet I mean plenty of fruits
and vegetables, limit your simple sugars like flour, bread,
that sort of thing. And you need to stop drinking alcohol.
Jim: Stop? As in no more beer?
Doctor: I'm afraid so. You have some liver damage already
and any amount of alcohol could make it worse.
Doctor: Jim is this going to be a problem?
Do you think you might need some help?
Jim: No ... no nothing like that it's just ... I like beer.
Doctor: I understand but your liver, not so much.
Jim: That means I can't even have one beer. I told Nance
and she said she'd help out. It's been about five months.
I'm not saying it's been easy but... I do prefer being alive
so that does make it a little easier.
Tom: Yeah, it's easy. You're right. It's easy.
Jim: Something you want to talk about Tommy?
Tom: Shh. You're scarin' the fish.
Jim: Somebody got a free lunch.
Tom: You know Jimmy? I got um...
Jim: You got what, Tommy?
Tom: Okay, a couple of weeks back
I got diagnosed with liver disease too.
Doctor told me the whole thing about alcohol.
Even one bit of alcohol and my liver would be shot. So I ...
Jim: Is that going to be a... I don't know is that going
to be a problem? No more beer.
Tom: No ... no ... it's not a problem.
Jim: Are you sure? I mean the V.A. has programs.
There are people you can talk to.
Tom: I'm telling you it's not going to be a problem.
Jim: Alright, it's nothing to be ashamed of.
Tom: I'm not ashamed. Would you just ...
you're scarin' the fish.
Jim: The fish can't hear me under water.
Tom: Huh.
Jim: What?
Tom: Nothin' I just realized that's the first time
I've ever envied the fish.
Jim: Oh, nice.
Tom: You know Jimmy?
When the doctor told me that about no more beer,
I thought, you know, he's being over cautious.
Jim: Naw, he's shootin' straight. And, honestly do you
think you can be overly cautious about your liver?
Tom: No, you're right. Ah, man, am I gonna miss beer.
Jim: Yeah, I miss it too.
But, not as much as I'd miss you if you weren't around.
Tom: Aw! That's so sweet.
You should put that right on a greeting card.
Five months.
Jim: Five months.
Tom: Okay. Okay!
Jim: You know what we ought to do?
Tom: What?
Jim: We ought to stop at Burger Palace and get a couple of
those fish sandwiches and you can tell your wife that we
caught 'em in the lake here wrapper and all.
Tom: We can stick some hooks in the buns.
Jim: Yeah, show her the bucket of tartar sauce packets
we used as bait.
Tom: It's better than the squid, right?
Jim: Yeah.
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