[Jack can't help but sigh as he takes a seat. Not that he doesn't want to sit and converse with Rudy but two years was an awfully long time to explain...]

Do you think you can give me the short version? If you take too long, I'll be blind drunk by the end of it.

[Speaking of, time to flag down the barmaid.]

What are you drinking? Straight whiskey sounds good to me.