Most of the film was an origin-story flashback, after an opening action sequence on the Cross-Town Expressway in NYC.He quipped about always finding only two of them: "It""s almost like he studio couldn""t afford another X-Man...work? I should say not!"Sirens and steam whistles signal more than the end of the work day.The day""s newspaper carries the headline that President Wilson has declared war and the troops are bound for Europe: "WAR DECLARED - Tremendous Rush For Enlistment.However, he manager explains: "The apartment may suit your convenience but I doubt that it will fit your convictions.I came down here for a party.What happens? Nothing.Not even ice cream.The gods looked down and laughed.This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the spinach.(He steps back and proposes marriage to both of them.) Well, what do you say, girls? What do you say? Are we all gonna get married?Mrs.Rittenhouse: All of us?Spaulding: All of us!Mrs.Rittenhouse: But that""s bigamy!Spaulding: Yes, and that""s big-a-me, too...It""s big of all of us.Let""s be big for a change.I""m sick of these conventional marriages! One woman and one man was good enough for your grandmother, but who wants to marry your grandmother? Nobody, not even your grandfather.