Daily Dialogue — January 7, 2015

Jack Sparrow: [Wakes up and sees Elizabeth burning the rum] No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade… the rum.
Elizabeth: Yes, the rum is gone.
Jack Sparrow: Why is the rum gone?
Elizabeth: One: because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. Two: that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me. Do you really think there is even the slightest chance they won’t see it?
Jack Sparrow: But why is the rum gone?

— Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), screenplay by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, screen story by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Hangover.

Trivia: The names of the three main characters are all linked to birds. Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann and William Turner, who was a famous ornithologist.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The repeated line “Why is the rum gone” speaks both to Jack’s hungover state and his addiction to alcohol, each at the moment more powerful than logic.

If you have a suggestion for this week’s theme, please post in comments — and thanks!