A scene from Steel Magnolias 1989
Ouiser

I shouldn't have said that.

Clairee

Said what?

Ouiser

Back at Truvy's. I said I'd be better off when my body wears out. I shouldn't have said that in front of Shelby. And I didn't mean that.

Clairee

Ouiser, nobody pays any attention to you.

Ouiser

But I feel bad, Clairee. I'm a terrible person.

Clairee

No, you're not. You'd give your dog a kidney if he needed one.

Ouiser

Yes. [looking shocked at how much pork and beans Clairee is putting in their cart] Clairee, this is just a gesture. We're not feedin' Drum till the end of time.

Clairee

Drum loves pork and beans. He eats them with everything.

Ouiser

That explains a lot. [she puts some back; cut to Annelle and Sammy's house, they're getting out of Sammy's truck]

Sammy

You're supposed to soak the red beans overnight.

Annelle

But we don't have overnight!! And I wanted to take it to 'em before they leave for the hospital tomorrow!

Sammy

Then, let's cook somethin' else.

Annelle

I already bought all the stuff and it's in the "freezes beautifully" section of my cookbook. I wanna take somethin that freezes beautifully.

Sammy

Well, then, we'll make red beans and rice.

Annelle

Sammy Wayne Desoto, what is this in my Frigidaire?

Sammy

Beer.

Annelle

I don't care what you do with your refrigerator, but you will not keep liquor in mine. [dumps beer out in yard]

Sammy

Oh, Annelle, for Christ's sake!

Annelle

Who? Who did you say?

Sammy

Christ, Christ, Christ!

Annelle

Are you speaking of our Lord? Is that whose name you're taking in vain?

Sammy

That's the one.

Annelle

Well, I'm sorry, Sammy. But I am not about to spend the next fifty years of my life with someone I'm not gonna run into in the hereafter.

Sammy

Oh, Annelle, God damn it!

Annelle

I think we should pray.

Sammy

Oh, I'd rather eat dirt!

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