“Rick, please listen to me. Bean or no bean, do you love me? Huh? Do you?”
“Doggonit, Sim, now you"re really putting me on the spot! I like you a lot. What guy wouldn’t? You are nearly perfect. But to be totally honest, I"m looking for someone who shares my interests a bit more. You know—like surfing.”
“Huh? You"ve never been surfing. You can’t even swim.”
“That’s true, Kemosabe. But the bean and I can take lessons together, I guess.”
“Rick, please stop. Look, you don"t love me, and I don"t love you. That"s my point. So, it"s just stupid to get married.”
“But what about ‘little Rick’?”
“Please don"t name the bean, I beg you. It might be a girl, so don"t start assigning appellations.”
“You mean naming her after a mountain?”
“N-O-O-O! Those are the Appalachians! Listen to me, please.
