Niles: Oh, well, you might try looking at it from Dad's point of view. As a policeman, he was in a position of authority and that's been taken away from him. Railing against the world is his way of controlling his ever-shrinking sphere of influence.
Frasier: Yes, well, I do empathize with him. It's just- I just can't help wishing I could just kick that cane out from under him once in a while. And that he would land on Eddie.