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Buddusky! Either of you guys seen buddusky?

Buddusky!

Buddusky!

Buddusky!

What?

Maa sent me.

He wants to see you right away.

Tell maa to go fuck himself.

Well, he said, “right away."

Come on, buddusky.

It's your ass if you don't.

Look, maybe your orders came through.

Come on, buddusky!

It's your ass.

Bullshit.

My ass!

Mulhall!

Master-at-arms wants to see you right away.

I ain't going on no shit detail.

Come on, mule. It's my ass if you don't.

I ain't going on no shit detail!

It's your ass too. Come on, mule.

Maybe your orders came through.

Tell the maa you couldn't find me.

He knows where you are.

Oh, yeah?

When you're in the Navy, shitbird, and you're in transit,

nobody knows where the fuck y'are!

Now, go tell the maa to fuck himself.

I ain't going on no shit detail!

Morning.

You are one lucky son of a bitch, badass!

You are one lucky son of a bitch!

Yeah.

Where am I going, chief?

How come you're so lucky, buddusky?

You're another lucky son of a bitch, mulhall.

Yeah?

You dudes pulled temporary duty as chasers.

- Where to? - Portsmouth naval prison.

Who we taking?

Seaman.

Used to be.

Meadows, Lawrence m.

Drew eight years and a dd.

Jesus Christ, what the hell'd he do?

Kill the old man?

Come on inside.

Sweek!

Get these old boys some coffee.

All right, chief.

Who'd he kill, chief?

Didn't kill nobody. Robbery.

How much did he lift?

40 dollars.

- 40 dollars? - 40 dollars.

Shit!

You're shitting me!

Iwouldn't shit you.

You're my favorite turd.

Ha, ha.

Jesus!

Eight years and a dd for 40 dollars.

I thought they only pulled that shit in the army!

Well, you see, he tried to

lift the polio contribution box.

Yeah?

Polio box is the old man's old lady's

favorite do-gooder project.

She's responsible for all the polio contributions

on the base, you know?

Every year, they give her a plaque.

Along comes meadows and fucks over charity.

She took it very seriously.

- Jesus! - Eight years.

That's very seriously.

You know what I mean?

Well, good duty for you guys.

Get to go to Washington,

New York.

Boston.

I'd trade places with you.

Listen, uh,

we could get this guy to Portsmouth in two days.

Less.

They're going to give us a week to do it.

You know what I mean?

So what? If we get him there in two days,

they ain't gonna give us no week to get back.

Bullshit!

Besides, they got to give us all that per diem, regardless.

That's money for you, for me and for him.

Now, we run this little shitbird's ass

all the way to the brig,

save his per diem and ours, split it and spend it

on the way back home.

You know what I mean?

Well, let's shag ass!

You're goddamn right!

Let's go.

Okay, buddusky, you're the honcho.

Carryall and driver are outside to take you to the bus.

Here's the keys to the cuffs.

Each of you gets one key.

I want you both to sign these chits for the pieces.

Here's one clip each.

Now, I wanna tell ya something off the record.

The old man and his ol' lady have a personal interest in this case.

So, you fuck up, you know what.

Are you all set, cochise?

All right, shitbird. On your feet.

These guys are taking you to Portsmouth.

This is petty officer buddusky.

This is petty officer mulhall.

Yes, sir.

You know why they're chasers?

"Chasers," sir?

Do you know why they are taking you to the brig?

No, sir.

'Cause they're mean bastards when they wanna be,

and they always wanna be.

And you can take my word for it,

they aren't about to take any shit

from a pussy like you.

If they do, they'll get reamed out, and they know it.

Yes, sir.

- What? - Yes, sir!

All right, he's all yours.

It's colder than witch boob, ain't it?

Coffee?

Yeah.

Let's make it.

Do you have to go to the head?

No, sir.

Be sure now, meadows, because from now on,

whenever you do go to the head,

one of us is gonna have to go with you.

I'm not going to kill myself.

Well, I don't think so,

but you know how it is, meadows.

Yes, sir. But I don't need to use the head anyway.

Well, let's go.

Kill himself, huh?

Back of the bus.

Meadows.

Yes, sir?

I'm removing your handcuffs, meadows.

Navy feels that on certain kinds of vehicular transport

the prisoner shall have the use of both his hands

to protect his self in case of an accident.

Ain't that right, mulehane?

That's right.

Where'd you get that candy bar?

I had it with me.

Okay, sailor.

I wasn't accusing you of nothing.

I had 'em with me!

Hey, man!

I ain't said a word.

Take it easy, meadows.

You're making mulhouse hungry.

- Meadows? - Yes, sir.

- You want anything? - No, sir.

Here, let me have that.

No, wait.

Give me this.

10 cents.

Leaving for New York City

Please report to the ticket counter

at your earliest convenience.

Do you want a little help with that?

Thank you, young man.

Well, heading north, huh, mulehall?

Yeah, man.

Heading north.

My old stomping grounds.

Where you from, mulehouse?

Hey, man.

It's mulhall.

Mulhall.

Understand?

Yeah.

Where you from, mulhall?

Bogalusa.

Where's that?

Above New Orleans.

Hot down there, ain't it?

Yeah.

Listen, man,

call me mule.

Everybody else does.

Mule, okay?

Sure.

Mule?

Yes, sir.

They always used to have trouble

with my name, too.

Buddusky.

Always wanting to call me badass.

Badass.

I am the bad ass.

Badass!

Is that true what the chief said, meadows,

about your getting eight years

and a dishonorable discharge for stealing 40 dollars?

I didn't get no 40 dollars.

You didn't get it?

They caught me right while I was trying to lift it

from the box.

I didn't get it.

Jesus Christ!

You mean to tell me they gave you eight years and a dd

for 40 dollars and you didn't even get it?

Boy, they really stuck it to him, didn't they, mule?

They sure as hell did.

Well, they really stuck it to you, kid.

Yeah. Yes, sir.

Stick it in and break it off.

Up your giggy with a wawa brush.

Stick it in and break it off.

Leave the kid alone.

I ain't bothering him.

Am I bothering you, meadows?

- No, sir. - I ain't bothering him, man.

Just trying to be helpful.

Okay.

So, tell me, how are you gonna help him?

Meadows.

Meadows, I want to ask you a few questions.

You don't have to answer if you don't want to,

but maybe I can help you.

Shit!

Come on!

Now, before this polio thing, did you have a record?

Well, not with the Navy.

I got in trouble a couple of times

with the cops before I enlisted.

I see.

Well, uh,

was it, uh, in the nature of a serious offense?

For example, was it in the nature of a felony

or a misdemeanor?

Well, it was in the nature of shoplifting.

But I never was in jail, if that's what you mean.

Yeah.

Well, uh...

Yeah, well.

Now,

you know, meadows,

this eight years, it ain't necessarily eight years.

- It isn't? - No, it isn't.

They're gonna knock two years off right

at the beginning for good behavior.

So that's six years right there.

Really?

Well, that's something.

Ain't it?

At least we got a long train ride.

Man, I sure love trains.

Yeah, beats the shit outta sittin' up in shit city, don't it?

Yeah!

Man, he didn't have those with him.

No.

No, he didn't.

Meadows.

Meadows.

Meadows, why don't you take your coat off?

Meadows!

Goddamn it! Halt, meadows!

Halt, halt!

I got him! All right, I got him!

You fucking asshole!

I got him!

I got him! I got him!

All right! Don't you fucking move!

Sit down.

I'm sorry.

And I'm sorry for stealing the money.

I swear I didn't want it.

I'm always stealing junk I don't need.

It's all right. Come on, it's all right, meadows.

Come on. Be a man.

Quart bottles of hair tonic, model cars.

I couldn't even build a model car.

Just crap.

You know?

I had money on the books.

You can ask anybody.

But it's gone now, because

I got forfeiture on pay and everything.

But I had money.

It's okay, man.

- It's okay. - It's not okay.

Jesus.

The kid's crazy.

Yeah, he ought to see a fucking psychiatrist.

What about now, man?

We got a nut on our hands right now.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, well,

maybe we oughta take him off the train at Washington

walk him around a little bit till he gets cooled off.

He's a fucking mess.

Well, the last train don't take off till 10:30.

Plenty of time for some good chow.

Yeah?

What do you wanna eat, meadows?

I don't know.

What do you think?

Looks good.

A little crowded.

What do you think, meadows?

It's fine.

Think they'll melt the cheese on the burgers?

'Cause I like the cheese melted.

Yeah.

Nice if they had a booth.

Do you see a booth in there, mule?

Mm-mm.

- It's a little crowded. - Fuck the crowd.

- I'm hungry. - Yeah, me too.

Yeah.

Maybe the next place, huh?

We're gonna miss our train.

- We're gonna miss our train! - Who gives a shit?

So we miss the fuckin' train.

We got five days!

Come on!

Meadows,

is your word worth anything?

Sure it is. As good as the next guy's.

The next guy's a prick!

What I mean is, meadows,

you aren't going to try and run away or anything

while we're here in Washington, are ya?

Forget about that escape shit.

Will you not jump up and run and bang into people,

and embarrass us like that?

- No, sir. - And not steal anything?

- No, sir. - Shit.

Goddamn it!

Hold still, meadows.

Son of a bitch. All right.

Yeah! You never did do it?

No question about it.

- Almost gets you high. - Same thing, ain't it?

Mm-hmm.

Cheese melted enough for you?

Sure.

It ain't melted at all.

- Send it back. - It's all right.

Send the goddamn thing back, meadows.

You're paying for it.

It's all right.

Meadows, have it the way you want it.

Waiter!

Melt the cheese on this for the chief, would you?

Thank you.

See, meadows?

It's just as easy to have it the way that you want it.

- Mmmm. - Goddamn!

Where's these malts at?

See what I mean, meadows?

It's good.

Better catch that train.

We still got time for a beer.

Now wait a minute, man.

I ain't old enough.

You ain't old enough for what?

For a beer.

Everybody's old enough for a beer.

Ain't that right, mule?

Yeah.

Well, I'm not.

I know a place right here.

Nice and quiet.

Eight years and a dd, at least we can buy the kid a beer.

J“ do you know anybody I

j“ wants to me find me here I

hi, ed.

I'll take 30 cents' worth of beer in a glass.

And the same for my shipmates, here.

Ed don't work here no more.

Let me see your ids.

How come?

'Cause this kid ain't old enough.

Listen, pal.

Listen yourself, pal.

The law says I have to serve him, and says I can't...

I tell you what you better do, Mr. Citizen bartender.

You take your beers and ram 'em up your ass sideways.

You dig it?

Whoa there, sunshine.

We're going, so you can take your hand off that horse cock

you got stashed under the bar.

How do you know I don't have something with a little more bark to it?

Ho, ho, ho.

This redneck is talkin' about firearms.

Well, I know that you ain't got nothin'

but wood under there, my man,

because I happened to be in here one night

when a certain sailor got it laid up the side of his fuckin' head.

What do you think about that, redneck?

The boss'd lose his license for sure if I serve that kid.

I'm gonna kick your ass around the block for drill, man.

You try it and I'll call the shore patrol.

I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker!

I am the motherfucking shore patrol!

Now give this man a beer!

- I don't wanna beer anyway. - You're going to have a fuckin' beer!

- Come on, man. - I don't feel like one.

Badass! Come on, man, come on.

Come on. Come on, let's go!

Come on, man.

Motherfucker

Man, you are a bad ass!

I am a bad ass, ain't I?

Thought you were gonna blow his head off.

- Yeah, what? - You're a bad ass.

- A what? - A bad ass!

- A what? - A bad ass!

And you ain't leaving DC till you got a belly full o' beer!

Come on, kid!

Jesus Christ!

Did you see that cracker asshole?

"The law says that I got to serve him".

I thought he was gonna have a fuckin' heart attack.

- Scared the shit out of him! - He was scared, man!

He was ready to go!

He was gone!

I would like to drink a toast to Batman,

Superman,

and the human torch!

What's a human torch?

He's a pure, white, southern American boy.

The human torch,

when he goes like this,

he throws a ball of flames up on you

and the fucking building goes up in an explosion.

And he had a littler guy that flies around with him.

The best goddamn drink in the world, isn't it?

Yeah.

Maybe we can sneak it on the train

and finish it off there.

- Yeah. - Know what I mean?

The train left 15 minutes ago.

What?

The train left 15 minutes ago.

Well, that's nice! That's fuckin' nice!

Oh, for Christ's sake, gimme a break!

We got five days.

We're on per diem.

I say what we do

is check into a hotel,

hoist up a few more,

have a good night's sleep.

Tomorrow we get on the train.

Sunday.

Okay.

What the fuck are you laughing at?

I'm laughing at that silly son of a bitch over there.

That's what I'm laughing at.

Aye, aye.

Come on.

Let's get ourselves into a...

I got to go to the bathroom!

A hotel room.

Wonderful idea.

Pfisonen

on your feet.

Come on.

Cheer up!

Ain't this the life, mule?

Surer 'n' hell beats freezin' your ass off out there

in the alley, don't it, man?

Beats the hell out of being back in shit city too,

- don't it? - Yeah.

I bet it even beats being at Portsmouth, too.

You know, kid,

you got a hell of a knack for killing a conversation.

Let's just imagine that your hands

are the hands of a clock.

A is 20 to six.

B, quarter to six.

C, 10 to six.

D, straight up, six o'clock with either hand.

Come on, man!

We're watching the movie.

Meadows, you want to learn how to be a signalman?

After the movie, man!

I always tell a new semaphore personality this

to ensure that you send a more perfect semaphore.

Ready?

I don't expect you to get it perfect.

This just happens to require a great deal

of manual dexterity, meadows.

All right.

Huh.

That was very good, meadows.

Very good indeed.

You must have a flair for this sort of thing.

Some people do.

I do, for instance.

I have a flair for this sort of thing.

Meadows.

We got it.

We fucking got it, boys.

Here it is.

The truck that ma... very nice catch.

The truck that made your mama su...

Whoo.

Oh, fucking Jesus h. Christ!

Hey.

You guys mind if I say somethin'?

That guy at the bar.

Why did you get so mad at him?

I don't blame him not giving me a beer.

Hey, don't you never get mad at nobody?

Yeah, sure. I do, yeah.

Who do you get mad at?

Well, not at somebody who's doing their job.

Who, then?

Injustice.

Bullshit!

Hey, you don't never get mad at nobody.

You're just a pussy.

I do, too, get mad.

Did you ever get mad at the old man

for what he done to you?

Well, he was just...

Doin' his job.

They're gonna to take eight years out of your life, man.

Six years. You said six.

What the fuck difference does it make?

You don't even care about it.

Hey, come on, badass.

- That don't help him. - Fuck help!

I mean, fuck fair.

Fuck injustice.

Don't you ever just wanna fuckin' romp and stomp on someone

and bite off their ear, just to do it?

I mean just to do it!

Just to get it out of your system?

Well, I do remember something I got mad at.

Something when I was in the brig a marine did.

What happened?

Grunts beat you up?

Yeah.

But that didn't get me mad.

Well, goddamn it, what did get you mad?

This marine guard,

he asked me if! Believed in Jesus Christ.

I said, "yeah."

And he said that from now on

he was Jesus Christ, and I shouldn't ever forget it.

What'd you do?

Did you hit him?

Can you imagine that? That's awful!

Did you coldcock him?

He better hope the chaplain don't catch him at that.

Shit!

Most of the Navy chaplains I know

they wanna stand up on the bridge with the old man

and look through aviator sunglasses.

Mule.

It takes a lot of dedication to be a chaplain in the Navy.

It don't take diddlyshit, man!

Come on.

Come on. Come on!

Take a fuckin' poke at me!

Take a poke at me. Come on.

- Come on. - What for?

Hey, I'm gonna punch you out.

Punch me out, you little prick!

- Why? - Go ahead.

- Punch me... - Hey, hey, man he ain't gonna punch you.

I'm gonna make him!

Badass, I like you.

Yeah, I like you.

Hey.

I'm taking you to jail, motherfucker.

That ain't your fault.

God!

Come on, mule! Come on, goddamn it!

You hate the grunts don't ya?

All right, let's get the fuckin' grunts.

We're not fuckin' afraid of grunts!

Hey.

Badass?

Would you teach me the hand signals?

I don't give a shit!

One time,

when I was down in long beach,

this friend of mine was looking for me

and I was up on top of a car

and I pissed on his head.

Just being crazy, you know what I mean?

Don't you get crazy with me!

I think I'm gonna be sick again.

How we gonna work this out?

Work what out?

Who gets what bed!

What the fuck difference does it make?

Well, I can't take this shit indefinitely, man.

What shit?

Somebody's got to make a decision.

There you go.

Just remember,

rank has it privileges.

Wait a minute.

They make them shit here.

What?

Hey, just fuckin' tell me.

All we got to do is get off the train at Philly

and take a bus to Camden.

What's the matter with that?

It's a couple 0' hours.

He didn't ask to see his mother.

He wouldn't ask

to go to the head if he had the runs.

I'm telling you, he wants to see his mother.

How do we know she's home?

It's Sunday!

What's that supposed to mean?

Come on!

You wanna go and see your mother?

I don't wanna get you guys in trouble or nothin'.

You've been so good to me already.

Shit.

Let's go and see your mother.

- Don't worry about it, mule. - Know what I mean?

That's Calvin coolidge junior high.

I went there.

- Yeah? - Yep.

Where's your old man, meadows?

Seattle.

Seattle, Washington.

I know where it is. What's he doing?

I think he works in a hardware store.

He's married.

Well, I mean not to my mother, but to somebody else.

Maybe I even have a half sister.

I think I do.

Camden high!

I graduated from there.

Miss marabito.

I wonder if she still teaches there.

She made me want to be a veterinarian.

You wanna check next door or anything?

Your mom have any friends in the neighborhood?

Yeah. Mrs. Esposito.

Maybe she's over there.

Her car's gone.

What do you wanna do?

You wanna wait around a little?

We could wait around a little, huh?

Huh?

I'll go check with Mrs. Esposito.

Okay.

Legs really bother you, don't they?

Sometimes.

You ought to take vitamins.

No, take vitamins. Seriously, man.

Go to the dispensary. What's wrong?

We let that kid go off by himself!

He could get away!

Don't get excited, mule.

That kid ain't going nowhere.

What makes you so sure?

Well, you know him.

Jesus Christ!

- Then where is he? - Huh?

- Where is he? - Where is he?

There.

Don't get your balls in an uproar, mule.

Meadows ain't going nowhere without us.

Let me tell you somethin' about a kid like meadows.

He's the kind of guy, he's going to the brig

and secretly he's probably glad.

On the outside, too many things can happen to him,

all of it bad.

This way, the worse part's already happening.

He's probably glad.

Glad.

If you ain't right you better be quick, 'cause I ain't.

She went for the day.

Sunday!

You wanna go in and wait for a while?

What for?

Well, she might come home early.

No, thanks.

Well, at least you could sit in your own house.

Maybe we can get in.

I don't know what I would've said to her anyway.

You know what meadows ought to do?

He could get his old lady to write her congressman.

Shit.

His mother can write letters to her congressman

till she owns the fuckin' post office.

It don't mean diddly-shit!

Look, either we let him go or he lives with it.

And we ain't about to let him go.

Understand?

Now look what you made him do.

What I made him do?

- Yeah. - Where you going?

To the head, okay?

Yeah, well now if that don't make you just want

to shit in your flat hat, man.

Look what you went... look what you...

I hope you're satisfied.

You're the one insisted we take him to see his mother!

I hate this detail.

I hate this fucking chicken-shit detail!

I love the fucking detail, I suppose.

What the fuck am I supposed to do?

I'm just trying to...

Meadows?

Meadows.

Meadows, open up!

Meadows, you all right?

You all right?

I consider myself in jeopardy with you, man.

Understand?

In jeopardy.

This ain't no farewell party, and he ain't retiring.

Understand?

He's a prisoner, and we're takin' him to the jailhouse.

You have a tendency to forget that.

You're a menace, man!

You ain't no simple shit, badass.

You're a motherfucking menace!

From now on, maa can go piss up a rope.

You ain't no honcho!

And I don't wanna hear no more of this horseshit psychology jive!

No more turning that boy's head around to prove

what a fuckin' big man you are!

You're a lifer like me!

Navy's the best thing ever happened to me.

I don't want you to fuck me up.

You understand?

- Buddusky? - I hear you.

Well, do you agree?

I was just trying to show the kid a good time.

- You know what I mean? - He can't have a good time.

It ain't in him.

He had a good time in Washington.

- Meadows? - All right.

He had a good time in Washington.

Do you think that's gonna make it any easier for him

to pull his eight years?

It won't.

It'll make it harder.

So what?

You know what I mean?

Your attention, please.

Amtrak 211 for Chicago,

boarding in 10 minutes at gate three.

Amtrak 211 for Chicago

boarding in 10 minutes at gate three.

We go this way.

The train for Boston leaves in two hours.

We don't leave the building until then.

Understand?

You got a quarter?

Where you going?

Head.

All right?

Sailor looks like he's lost somethin'.

Probably have trouble finding it with those 13 buttons.

Yeah, well, if I was a marine,

I wouldn't have to fuck with no 13 buttons.

I'd just take my hat off.

Hi, boys.

- I call karate! - I call you, motherfucker!

What's going on?

Wipe your nose, will you, kid?

He fought like a champ, though, didn't he, mule?

Jesus.

Goddamn, that was great.

It was great, wasn't it?

It was great. Admit it! Come on! Gimme a little 0' this!

Give me just because they call me shine in here, huh?

I got your greatness.

Now, meadows, right over here

they got the finest Italian sausage sandwiches in the world.

And I'm buying. Huh?

Goddamn.

I ask you, man.

Where else in the world can you get a sandwich like this?

Huh?

And for 50 cents!

Whoo.

I never ate anything so good.

I ain't shittin' you.

I might have to have another one o' these.

I'd like a little more onions.

- Little more onions? There's some. - How about some of these?

You got it.

We gotta figure out what we're gonna do.

And we will.

We will.

Only we're going to do it over a bottle of Heineken's.

- Huh? - What's Heineken's?

It's the finest beer in the world, kid.

President Kennedy used to drink it.

Huh?

Goddamn duck soup is about all this...

Glad you think that.

I'm gonna double up, there.

You wanna get in this, or you wanna keep quiet?

You know what I mean?

All right, how'd you do, John?

You gotta help me get buddusky outta here.

He's betting with our travel money.

Oh, he's strong.

This wouldn't go in the toilet for me.

He's losing, too.

- Yeah. - All right, John. All right.

It's you and me, one on one. I got... huh?

- Easy money, eh? - What do you think?

Here's to you.

Cheers.

You want the honors?

You go ahead, John.

Now, don't worry about a thing.

I'm hustlin' this guy, understand?

I got him right where I want him.

Maybe he's hustling you.

Yeah.

Maybe he is, but this is not the time to argue about it.

Because if I don't win, we don't leave New York, huh?

14 years.

14 motherfucking years.

This is gonna make you go crazy.

0h!

A man is going to hustle me with glasses!

Huh?

54.61.

63 dollars.

That's 21 dollars apiece.

Apiece?

Sure, we're partners, ain't we?

- Huh? - Yeah, badass.

Then take your fucking 21 bucks

and don't give me such a hard time in there.

For you, back here.

Right here.

Bravo, yankee.

- Bravo, yankee. - You're damn right.

Woo! That's "dead man" in Russian.

That was damn good, kid.

You ought to put in for signalman.

What's that?

I dunno. I hear it, too.

What the hell is an Indiana dog?

Goddamn, that's the goddamnedest thing I ever heard!

- What is that? - Hey, let's go take a look.

- Huh? - Let's go take a look.

I mean, what the hell?

Eight years and a dd.

Whoo. Huh?

Well, what are we gonna do?

Take off your shoes.

Must be one of them jap joints where we got

to take off all our shoes.

What are they sayin'?

Hold it down.

I think we're in a church.

Good evening.

Good evening!

Welcome to a nichiren shoshu discussion meeting.

Tonight throughout the city there are actually hundreds

of meetings like this going on

where people are learning about nam-myoho-renge-kyo

in the gohonzon.

What's a gohonzon?

Shh. I'll tell you about it later.

Absolute happiness and now we're going try to do that

through the experiences that we've had.

Who's had an experience?

John.

- Good evening. - Good evening!

To give you my own experience of when I first started chanting,

I wanted to really find a girl that I could...

And she took me to a meeting like this,

and I remember thinking, "these people are out of their minds!"

But! But afterwards we went to her apartment

and I tried her gohonzon.

Come on, what's a gohonzon?

Shh!

I'll tell you later.

And now I... well, I really love the clarinet

and I can't even remember why I wanted a flute

in the first place.

A-a-o!

A-a-o!

A-a-o!

J“ there's a sun shining in your heart I

j“ there's a song waiting to be sung j“

j“ there's a dream longing to be free I

j“ in your life, happiness you'll see I

j“ bring it out, your shining light j“

j“ you can change this world of trouble and strife j“

j“ you can give this world j“

why does all of this make me feel so fucking bad?

J“ if you like j“

j“ bring it out now j“

j“ bring it out now j“

j“ bring it out now j“

j“heyj“

A bunch o' candy-asses.

Ho-ho!

Ever hear such happy horseshit?

That one guy was a big homo, huh?

Yeah, but, you guys, he sure was a happy homo.

"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

- Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." - well, if you're gonna chant,

let us figure out what you're gonna chant for.

How about I get sprung from Portsmouth?

Let's see if it works.

Then you can chant for somethin' really big.

Okay.

Yeah, like how's about the three of us get laid, huh?

Well, should you chant for something like that?

Why the fuck not?

Well, it's a religion!

You're too good to believe!

Yodeling in the canyon.

Ever heard of it?

Yodel-odel-odel-Dee-he-hoo.

You ever done that before?

Not exactly, no.

Are they really doing that when they take that picture?

Well, kid, there's more things in this life

than you can possibly imagine.

I knew a whore once in Wilmington.

She had a glass eye.

She used to take it out and wink people off for a dollar.

Really?

A-yodel-odel-odel-odel-de-hee-hoo!

Ha-ha! Huh?

There's still some room for your rank.

You want it?

No, I don't think so.

Yeah, come on, kid.

It's time you made your rate.

They busted me to e-1. You know that.

Listen, right now we're a Navy of three.

Pick a rate. Any rate.

I can make you anything I want to 'cause I'm the honcho.

What'll it be?

Huh?

Chief signalman?

Okay, partner.

L. Meadows, smc.

Show me some moves, kid!

Look, he don't know what to do.

He don't know!

He looks like a goddamn big penguin, don't he?

Watch out for children!

- Hey, look... - Cruise right through 'em!

Give them the spinner, kid!

He sure is havin' a good time.

Sure is. And you said it wasn't in him.

Huh?

All right.

Watch out for the Indian, kid!

Oh! Whoa!

Don't crush somebody.

Look at the size of this guy on roller skates.

Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

I was wondering if we're done.

It worked!

I chanted to stay on my feet and I did.

It worked.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Ay-yodel-odel-odel-Dee-he-hoo.

Lighten up, will you, meadows?

Jesus!

You're chanting!

Wow!

I'm a member of nichiren shoshu.

My name's Donna.

How do you do?

Hello.

What are you chanting for?

Go ahead, meadows.

Tell her what you're chanting for.

A girl?

That's okay. You can chant for anything.

What's your name?

Meadows.

Your first name.

- Larry. - Larry?

Larry, um,

why don't you come over and meet some people?

I'll introduce you.

Just for a minute.

Come on.

We'll be right back.

If this guy gets pussy out of this,

I'm gonna eat my fuckin' flat hat, man.

Yeah, and I'm gonna start chanting, too.

- Hey, you guys. - Uh-huh?

Drop your socks and grab your cocks.

We're going to a party.

- Yeah? - Yeah?

This could be the big one, huh, meadows? Huh?

You just moved in?

Well, not too long ago, yeah.

I think I might move out again, too.

Yeah.

It's a problem, finding a place.

This is a nice party.

Might as well be at a fucking bus stop.

Relax.

I am relaxed.

Hey, I'm telling you, mule, we got it made.

All we got to do is get rid of that silly-iookin' creep there

and we got these three chicks all to ourselves.

- We have, huh? - Yeah.

Why not?

Because those three chicks'd rather fuck each other

than come near than us. That's why not.

There's nothing

like being on the sea.

Even in the Navy.

Being on the bridge.

Doing a man's job.

Sound's great.

Where you going? Huh?

I'm not putting down the whole fuckin' government, Annette.

I just want him to tell me one thing.

There's gotta be one thing you don't like about Nixon.

You sure have a lot of records.

Yeah.

I get most of 'em free.

I work in the business.

What business?

Hey.

I smoked grass. Huh?

I smoked grass, badass.

Kid, I'm giving this girl such a line of horseshit.

It is unbelievable!

Yeah.

She loves it. She loves it!

Doing a man's job.

Talking to ships.

Across miles and miles

of liquid real estate.

Ooh, big time.

How come you don't see more black officers?

'Cause you got to have a recommendation

from a white man, usually.

- Then how can you stay... - Nothing Nixon says disturbs you.

Is that right? Just tell me, is that right?

- Henry, you're driving me crazy. - Oh, shit.

You guys on leave, or what?

Liberty, you mean.

Liberty.

Well, uh, what are you guys doing, anyway?

They're taking me to jail.

I've seen things.

Seen men do things that

I wouldn't even begin to tell you at a time like this,

my fair darlin'.

- I can see what it's done for you. - Can ya?

That's wonderful.

Must be the uniform.

- They are cute, aren't they? - Oh, yeah.

I like the way... You know what I like about it?

One of my favorite things about this uniform

is the way it makes your dick look.

Huh?

How did you feel about going to Vietnam?

The man says, "go." I gotta do what the man says.

We're livin' in this man's world, ain't we?

Oh, wow!

Eight years.

I get two off.

So it's only six.

Why don't you get away?

Get away?

To Canada.

I've got this friend. George lucido!

He shakabukued me!

He's a group chief in Toronto.

I'll give you his number.

- Well, I couldn't. - Why not?

It would be their ass.

What do you owe them?

They're my best friends, Donna.

Come on.

Where are we going?

Come on.

Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand.

Yo, mule!

Yodel-odel-odel-odel-o-Dee-doo.

A-yodel-odel-odel-odel-o-Dee-hoo!

Ah! You know what I mean?

A-yodel-odel-odel-odel-de-hoo.

What?

It's up to you.

But I'm going to chant for you.

I'm going to chant for you with my whole heart.

- Chant? - Yes.

That you get away.

Badass?

What the fuck is it now, meadows?

If you're catholic, do you think it's sacrilegious to chant?

- Did it get you laid? - No.

Then, meadows, what the fuck do you want

to go on chanting for?

Chant your ass off, kid.

But any pussy you get in this world

you gonna have to pay for, one way or another.

Hallelujah.

When do we get to Boston?

Two hours.

What time we got to be in Portsmouth?

Nine after 18:00 tomorrow.

Well, what do you think?

I think we ought to get the kid laid.

Laid?

Excuse me.

Ever heard of it?

Waite r?

Yes, sir?

I asked for my eggs over easy.

Well, they are over easy, sir.

No, they're not.

I'm learning.

- Eh? - I'm learning.

Oh, Jesus!

You're figurin' on taking the kid

to the cathouse, ain't ya?

Yeah.

Come on, mule.

He's 18 years old.

He ain't never been fucked.

Next chance he gets, he's going to be 26.

Yeah.

He might not want any by then.

You mean, like, right now?

Just go ahead and do it?

No. Not this exact minute.

Later on tonight.

I think I would.

Yeah, get the old ashes hauled.

"Ashes hauled"?

What are we doing?

- Huh? - What are we doing?

Looking for a... certain guy.

Here, here, here, here. This one right here.

Hey! Hey.

How're they treating you, partner?

Fine, sailor. Where to?

Oh, just down the road.

Well, hell, let me tell you what we really want.

You look honest.

I think I can trust ya.

We're, uh,

we're in transit, the three of us, see, and, uh,

well, we could really use the services

of a decent whorehouse. Y'know what I mean?

One that don't hate gls.

Sizable tip in it for ya.

Save the tip. I get it the other end.

Hey, thanks a lot.

I've been in transit a few times, too.

I'm an old minesweep sailor, myself.

Oh, yeah?

You're a swabbie? I thought you was.

I did. I thought he was a swabbie.

Minesweep, huh?

Huh?

Hi, boys. I'm Millie.

- Hi, Millie. - Come on in.

Thank you.

The Navy's always welcome here.

Too late for captain kangaroo, ladies?

Here, let me tell you how it is, mil.

We got a friend here that we'd like to do a favor for.

He's goin' on a trip.

- Just him? - Just him, yeah.

Well, what kind of party you after?

Well, it's his, uh, it's his party.

You name it, sailor.

Okay, sailor.

Take your pick.

Pick a winner, kid.

Some sort of equipment that you use

when you're doing your athletic endeavor?

- Yes. - Does it have any moving parts?

- No. - Not really.

No, it doesn't.

That's four down and six to go and back to Henry.

Is this thing in one piece?

Yes.

In what sense do you mean "in one piece"?

I don't wanna start up with ya, Larry!

In the sense that, you know, like, some things are two pieces.

Look there's only one thing, and, uh,

in two pieces rather than one piece?

[Guess we'll have to give you a "no" on that, Henry.

And five down and five to go, Arlene.

Uh, does it have anything

to do with either archery or javelin throwing?

- No. - No, we can get rid of those two.

She is, in fact, a professional bowler.

Oh!

Make it a good one, honey.

It's got to last a long time.

Sure, honey. Anything you say.

You know what I mean?

Kid, you picked a real winner.

You boys just make yourselves comfortable.

Goddamn!

He picked the same one I would've.

She's a cute little thing, ain't she?

And I turned professional three years ago

when I was 18.

Uh, your coat, honey.

Come over here by the sink.

Let me check you out.

Oh, you're not going to have a bit of trouble.

Whoo!

Jesus Christ!

Well, that's what I call quick.

Look, those are the rules.

Doesn't matter if it's 10 hours or 10 seconds.

Okay, tootsie.

We'll, uh, stake him to another shot.

I'm sorry.

You wanna try it again, kid?

Yeah.

Okay, honey.

Don't worry about it, kid.

Plenty more where that came from.

You got all night, kid.

You ever been married?

Not so you'd notice.

Yeah.

Once.

A little girl in torrance.

Know where that is?

Mm-mm.

It's near San Pedro, on the way

to terminal island, you know?

Dottie brown.

She had great tits and wore angora sweaters all the time.

She wanted me to go to trade school

and become a TV repairman.

Drive around all that smog and shit,

fixing tvs out of the back of a vw bus.

I just couldn't do it.

You ever been married?

Nah.

I still support my mama.

She can't brag enough about me.

Tells everybody all the places I go,

how many men are under me.

All that shit.

Jim.

- Yeah, man. - Gloria.

I don't know what I woulda done without the Navy.

Yeah.

I guess we're just a couple a lifers.

Yeah.

How was...

How was what, honey?

Well, you got off to a shaky start.

After that, you took to it like a duck to water.

I don't know if I have enough money to go again,

but I'll pay you what I have

just to look at you.

Just to what?

Look at you.

I guess you haven't seen many girls

with their clothes off have you, honey?

Well, let me tell you.

I've got a good body.

Not great, but pretty good.

J“ come down j“

j“ took me by surprise j“

j“ you can tell I mean business by the look in my eye j“

it's beautiful.

What'd she say again?

"Let me check you out, honey."

I swear to god.

Like I was in a gas station and she was checking the oil.

- And then... - Then we know what happened.

Yeah, but after.

After...

Well, maybe it was an act for her.

I mean, I know she was a whore,

but I think she liked me.

They got feelings just like everybody else, kid.

She probably did.

Well, it was real for me.

That's what counts.

Huh?

Yeah.

Welcome to the wonderful world of pussy, kid.

The sink's yours.

We don't have to be there till 18:00.

It takes an hour and a half to get to Portsmouth.

We could go see a movie or two.

We could get us a couple of six-packs, huh?

Shit, man, we can even go back to the cathouse

if you want to.

I already did everything one time.

That makes that one time stick out.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

It sure is a shit day.

Ain't it the truth.

Yeah, it is.

If it was summer, we could maybe have a picnic.

Son of a bitch!

Thank you.

This wood's too fucking green, man.

It ain't gonna burn.

Huh?

Wait a minute! Gotta let it catch.

What are you looking for?

- Buns. - I forgot 'em.

- You forgot the buns? - Yeah.

How can you eat a hot dog without a bun?

A hot dog's not a hot dog without...

Don't eat the fucking thing, then!

Shit!

It ain't bad.

Mule.

Shit!

I don't want no fucking hot dogs.

He don't eat 'em without buns.

Kinda like being at sea.

I was on a weather ship once.

Off of Greenland.

Right in the middle o' winter.

How was it?

I like being at sea.

Kid's come a long way in the last few days, ain't he?

Yeah.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo nam-myoho-renge-kyo

nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Let's get this over with.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

He don't stand a chance in Portsmouth, y'know.

You know that, don't ya?

Goddamn grunts kickin' the shit out of him for eight years.

He don't stand a chance.

I don't wanna hear about it.

"Maggot" this.

"Maggot" that.

Marines are really assholes, you know that?

It takes a certain kind of a sadistic temperament

to be a marine.

What the fuck's he doing?

Hey, meadows!

Huh?

What's he doin'?

"Bravo,

yankee.

Bravo, yankee.

Bye-bye. End of the word."

Hey, this son of a bitch is runnin' away.

Meadows!

Meadows!

Halt, you son of a bitch!

Meadows!

Meadows!

Meadows!

Meadows, you son of a bitch!

Halt! You son of a bitch, meadows!

Halt!

You motherfucker!

- Halt! - Buddusky, don't!

- Don't! - Halt, meadows!

Meadows!

Goddammit! I lost my fucking shoe!

Meadows!

Meadows!

You son of a bitch!

Why, you son of a bitch!

You son of a bitch!

Let me go!

Buddusky, don't!

Let me go, you bastard!

Buddusky! You're a bastard!

Come on, you guys!

- You bastard! No! - Shut up!

Get off me!

Please let me go!

I lost...

I lost my fuckin' shoe!

I lost my fucking... shoe.

Baker, mooney. Prisoner from Norfolk.

On the double!

Where did you get the idea that strapping on an armband

and a sidearm entitles you to abuse a prisoner?

They teach you that in the Navy?

Or was that your idea of a good time?

I guess.

You guess what, sailor?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Nothing, sir.

Did the prisoner offer any resistance?

No, sir.

Did he try to escape?

Not exactly.

That's a little vague, buddusky.

Either he did or didn't. Which is it?

You don't have to look at him for the answer.

Which is it?

- He didn't. - He didn't what?

He didn't try to escape.

"He didn't try to escape," sir.

He didn't try to escape, sir.

You haven't left yet.

Sir?

Your orders weren't endorsed when you left.

So, according to this, you're still in Norfolk.

Well, we're standing here.

It's not our fault.

Yes, but you haven't left yet.

- It's not our fault. - You haven't left!

That's not our fault!

Look, sir.

We both got a lot of time in.

What's that supposed to mean?

Too much time to be hard-ass because some dude in Norfolk

forgot to endorse our orders.

You're asking for trouble, sailor.

I'm asking to see the xo.

Deep trouble!

We ain't about to say anything else until we see the xo.

Now get the hell outta here.

You're supposed to pull a few copies.

Goddamn grunts!

- Think they can get away with anything. - Yeah.

Telling me how to do my job. I know my job.

I know my goddamn job better than anybody else

in the goddamn Navy!

Yeah.

We really told that son of a bitch, though.

Didn't we, huh? Trying to ream our ass all over the place.

And he don't even have enough sense to pull a few goddamn copies!

Bunch o' candy-asses!

I hate this motherfucking, chicken-shit detail.

Where're you goin'?

Norfolk.

I mean now.

I don't know. Stop off in Baltimore maybe.

You?

Back to New York, I guess.

See you in Norfolk.

Yeah. Maybe our fuckin' orders have come through.