Brooks: Hey. Can you give me a hand with the groceries? And I told you I could do the shopping.
Nickolas: Wow! Do we really need all this stuff? Let me see that receipt.
Brooks: Hey, I only bought the essentials.
Nickolas: Okay. Let's see. Dog food. Twenty-four dollars and seventy cents ($24.70)? We don't even have a dog!
Brooks: Well, it WAS going to be a surprise, but look in the back of the truck.
Nickolas: What?
Brooks: Ah, ha, hah. Speechless. I knew you'd love him.
Nickolas: That thing? That dog's as big as a horse. He probably eats like one, too.
Brooks: Ah, but he's sure friendly. And someone was giving him away at the supermarket, and I... I... I couldn't let that poor thing pass another day without a loving home.
Nickolas: Whatever. Where was I? Eighteen dollars and nineteen cents ($18.19) for twenty-four cans of tomato juice? You don't even like that stuff!
Brooks: Ahhhh. Not yet. I've decided to change my eating habits.
Nickolas: Right.
Brooks: You'll see, you'll see.
Nickolas: Okay. Let's see. Three eighty-four ($3.84) for a box of chocolate cookies and twelve fifty-six ($12.56) for a case of soft drinks.
Brooks: Yeah!
Nickolas: Changing your eating habits, huh? Do you really think that cookies are some type of diet food?
Brooks: Hey, I'll just eat a cookie or two every other hour. In fact, they're a great source of carbohydrates for energy. And, you see, the tomato juice and cookies kind of, you know, cancel each other out.
Nickolas: Oh brother. I can't believe what I'm hearing. Let's see. Where was I? A carton of eggs, two fifty ($2.50) for a gallon of milk, three cans of tuna. Okay. [Yeah.] And finally two steaks for eight fourteen ($8.14). Now, something worth enjoying. I'll get the grill started.
Brooks: Oh, we... w... well. The steaks are for Herbert.
Nickolas: Herbert. Who's Herbert?
Brooks: Uh, he's the dog.
Nickolas: No!
Brooks: You see, the previous owner said that he's kind of... he's somewhat picky about what he eats.
Nickolas: No!
Brooks: And the steaks might help him adjust.
Nickolas: Absolutely not!
Brooks: No, no, no, and the steaks might help him adjust to his new home. Hey, what are you doing? Oh, no. Why did you throw the steaks out on the ground outside?
Nickolas: Well, now, you and Herbert can get to know each other better. I'm going out to eat by myself.
Brooks: Ughh.
Nickolas looks at Brooks's shopping receipt and is angry that there are so many things for a dog but few things for Nickolas. Brooks wants to take a dog called Herbert home. And Nickolas is angrier when Nickolas finds the steaks are for Herbet but not Nickolas.