A character in Grumpy Old Men (1993)

John quotes from Grumpy Old Men (1993)

Jack Lemmon

Scenes with John

11 scenes

John and Max cleaning the snow off their cars

Max

You know what Jacob said. Jacob said that old Billy Henchel was killed in a car crash. Head on collision with a freight truck. Cleared his car straight over the bridge into the Mississippi.

John

Lucky bastard.

Max

You bet.

John

Hey, how is he anyway?

Max

Hes Dead! Died on impact!

John

Jacob, moron. Jacob!

John tells his father that Ariel moved in.

John

Did you hear, someone moved into the old Klickner place? A woman.

Grandpa

A woman?

John

Yeah.

Grandpa

Did you mount her?

John

Ohhh, Dad!

Grandpa

Well the woman, does she have big thighs?

John

No!

Grandpa

No?! Then what's the problem? If I was a young fella like you, I'd be mounting every woman in Wabasha. (Grabs the six pack of beer out of his son's hands). Keep the change!

Max

Hey dickhead, win the lottery?

John

Enjoy your shower, smartass?

John and Max asking Chuck about his visit to Ariel.

Max

Your old pal failed you, huh Chuck?

John

Ohhhh, couldn't rise to the occasion?

Max

Yes, the spirit was willing...

John

Yeah, but the flesh was, uh....

Max

Weak! Weak!

John is worried about having safe sex.

John

See, these days, they say you have to do...safe sex.

Ariel

John, when was the last time you made love?

John

October 4th....1978.

Ariel

Oh, I think we're safe.....
Snyder and Max Goldman while John is in the hospital:
Snyder': Beautiful day, Mr. Goldman.
Max':Hey, Snyder! Why don't you do the world a favor and take your lower lip and pull it over your head and swallow?" (Laughs)

John
[John and Max cleaning the snow off their cars.]

Did you hear about Eddie Hicks?

Max

Hypothermia's a bitch. It ain't quick like a stroke.

John

A stroke's no damn good; you could end up a vegetable! Give me a cardiac any day.

Max

You know what Jacob said. Jacob said that old Billy Henchel was killed in a car crash. Head on collision with a freight truck. Cleared his car straight over the bridge into the Mississippi.

John

Lucky bastard.

Max

You bet.

John

Hey, how is he anyway?

Max

He's dead! Died on impact!

John

Jacob, moron. Jacob!

Max

Oh he's fine. Real busy, but he promised to come home for Thanksgiving.

John

Is he running for mayor?

Max

Make a damn fine mayor too.

John

It's a good thing he's his mother's son. If he looked anything like you, he'd never get on the ballot.

Max
[Insulted]

Eat my shorts!

John is worried about having safe sex.
John (to Ariel, who just locked his door): I thought you said...

Ariel

I said it's time for bed.

John

Hold on, I'm...I'm not prepared. See, these days, they say you have to do...safe sex.

Ariel

John, when was the last time you made love?

John

October 4th....1978.

Ariel

Oh, I think we're safe.....

Max

Tell me something, Chuck. Do I stink?

John
[outside]

Yeah.

Max
[Chuck is snickering as Max yells at John from the screen door]

Not you, smart ass! Didn't ask you. I could smell it from the car, this stink. Is it me?

Chuck

Yup!

Max
[smells his hat]

Damn!

John
[John is asleep at 1:30 in the morning when he heard knocking on the door and his doorbell ringing.] [Assuming it's Snyder of the IRS coming back to his home in the middle of the night.]

Oh my god, they've come for me.
[John attempts to use the same way that he has to avoid Snyder, but he slips and slides off the part of the roof closest to his room. To his surprise, John is face to face with Ariel.]

John

Let me remind you Einstein that May was no prize.

Max

She was to me!

John

I was married to the woman, 20 years. She was no prize!

Max

She was to me!

John

Yeah, well that's why you're a moron! If you ended up with May, you would never had Amy and Amy was a good woman.

Max

She was the best.

John

She was damn sight more loyal than May ever was.

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