Now there""s another thing I want you to remember.I don""t want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position.We""re not holding anything.Let the Hun do that.We are advancing constantly and we""re not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy.We""re gonna hold onto him by the nose and we""re gonna kick him in the ass.We""re going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we""re gonna go through him like crap through a goose.Director Rob Reiner directed this smart, modern-day ""screwball comedy"" (his fifth film) of the semi-autobiographical ale - it was compiled from the shared recollections of actual romances.The month""s rent has been paid - by his wife from money given her by an old man! An overjoyed Gerry tells him that the rent and household bills are paid and she was able to afford a dress, a visit to the beauty salon, and new shoes and stockings - and with the leftover $14 cash, she""ll ake him out to dinner and the theater! He is naturally suspicious and jealous - Tom sarcastically objects to the attention she has received and is appalled by her shameless behavior, suspecting the worst.The anti-establishment, anti-materialistic Colonel warns John about the corrupting, decadent influence of money and luxury: "You""re gonna get used to a lot of stuff that""s gonna wreck ya.