Nick: Merle said he's not publishing Chicago Hobo, and then a bird pooed on me.
Schmidt: What do you mean, he won't publish it?
Winston: Where's the bird? I'll poo on him.
Nick: Those two things happened back-to-back. That's a curse.
Schmidt: Stop being such a goy boy. You go find Merle, and you tell him that you are not writing another Pepperwood until he publishes Chicago Hobo.