Mike: You know, Brick, I bet that would've been a real conversation starter in the 1600s, but you know what men talk about today? Sports.
Brick: Here we go.
Mike: It's the language of men, buddy. A great icebreaker. In bars, in elevators, even in the John. If you can talk sports, you can talk with any guy in the world. Every year we have people over here for the Super Bowl. What do you do?
[flashback to Brick reading at the dining room table while Mike, Axl and the guys cheer:]
Brick: Inside voices, please!
[present:]
Mike: I'm just saying, you like to read? Well, there's a lot of fun words in football. You like the 3-syllable ones, right?
Brick: I find them very soothing.
Mike: Well, look at this. "Quarterback." "Buttonhook." "Flea-flicker."
Brick: I did not realize that.