The Subject Was Roses1968

John Cleary:
Hurry up with your breakfast.

Timmy Cleary:
What for?

John Cleary:
Mass starts in twenty minutes, you're not even dressed.

Timmy Cleary:
Mass?

John Cleary:
Mass.

Timmy Cleary:
I haven't been to Mass in over three years. You know that.

John Cleary:
Lots of bad habits you boys picked up you'll have to get over.

Timmy Cleary:
Not going to Mass isn't a habit I picked up. It's a decision I came to after a lot of thought.

John Cleary:
Now, what way is *that* for a Catholic to talk?

Timmy Cleary:
I haven't considered myself a Catholic for quite a while.

John Cleary:
[Looks at his son, slightly dumbfounded] There must be something wrong with my ears.