Joe Louis, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Babe Ruth, the Green Berets, hell the whole United States Army and Navy and especially the Marine Corps, and even the Treasury Dept., the CIA, the FBI, United Fruit, the highway Patrol, the whole god damned L.A. Police Dept., and the County Cops too. and I don-t mean -cops,- I mean -policemen.- then there-s Marlene Dietrich, with this slit up the side of her dress, she must be near 70 now? - dancing up at Vegas, my dick got big, what a wonderful woman. the good American life and the good American money can keep us young forever, don-t you see?" "Dan?" "yeah, Bag?" "this one-s really ready! I ain-t got much feeling left, but he even makes me sick. make him sign his little contract and send him out. they-ll love him. god, what a man-s gotta do to just stay alive. sometimes I even hate my own job. that-s bad, ain-t it, Dan?" ******* "sure, Bag, and as soon as I send this asshole on his way, I got just the little thing for you - a touch of the good ol- tonic." "ah, fine, fine-what is it?" "just a little quarter-turn through the wringer." "WHAT?" "oh, it-s fine for the blues or for extemporaneous thinking stuff like that." "will it work?" "it beats aspirin." "o.k., get rid of the asshole." Barney Anderson was sent down the stairway. Bagley got up and walked toward the nearest wringer.