that-s a deep-sea diver. anybody knows what a deep-sea diver is. now bring one, mother." "o.k., shithead." Bagley yawned. Danforth unclamped one. brought him forth, stood him before the desk.. his tag said, "Barney Anderson." "hello, Barney," said Bag. where am I?" asked Barney. SATISFACTORY HELP AGENCY." "boy, if you two ain-t a couple of greasy-looking mother- fuckers, I ain-t never ever seen none!" "what the fuck, Dan!" "I ran him through 4 times." "I told you to tighten those screws!" "and I told you some men have more guts than others!" "it-s all a myth, you damn fool!" "who-s a damn fool?" "you-re both damn fools," said Barney Anderson. I want you to run his ass through the wringer three times," said Bagley. o.k., o.k., but first let-s you and me get straight." "aw right, for instance-ast this Barney guy who his heroes are." "Barney, hoose yr herows?" "well, lemme see - Cleaver, Dillinger, Che, Malcolm X, Gandhi, Jersey Joe Walcott, Grandma Barker, Castro, Van Gogh, Villon, Hemingway." "ya see, he i-dentifies with all LOSERS. that makes him feel good. he-s getting ready to lose. we-re going to help him. he-s been conned on this soul-shit and that-s how we get their asses, there ain-t no soul.