I guess I should straighten my life out, huh? I mean, Donnie my analyst is always telling me---
You call your analyst Donnie?
Yeah, I call him Donnie.
Donnie, your analyst? I call mine Dr. Chomsky, you know? Either that or he hits me with a ruler.
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I guess I should straighten my life out, huh? I mean, Donnie my analyst is always telling me---
You call your analyst Donnie?
Yeah, I call him Donnie.
Donnie, your analyst? I call mine Dr. Chomsky, you know? Either that or he hits me with a ruler.
Don't psychoanalyze me. I pay a doctor for that.
Hey, you call that guy that you talk to a doctor? I mean, you don't get suspicious when your analyst calls you at home at three in the morning and weeps into the telephone?
Alright, so he's unorthodox. He's a highly qualified doctor.
He done a great job on you, you know? Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka.
What kind of dog do you have?
The worst. It's a dachsund. You know, it's a penis substitute for me.
I would've though then in your case it would've been a Great Dane.
I'm honest, what do you want? I say what's on my mind and if you can't take it, well then **** off!
And I like the way you express yourself too, you know? It's pithy yet degenerate. You get many dates?