They suspect the worst and they DO blame him - they believe that he is a disgraceful coward.In front of Annabelle""s house, Johnnie""s girlfriend asks her brother and father: "Did Johnnie enlist?" She learns of their scornful opinion of her boyfriend: "He didn""t even get in line.[Note: Whether coincidence or not, the couple share the same names as MGM""s squabbling cartoon characters Tom (cat) and Jerry (mouse)."Although disdainful of her blind-date partner Shelly, Vera let him join her in a borrowed vehicle - Rick""s yellow VW Beetle - to drive to a local convenience store.Mary: So is mine and you""ll love him.She drags him out of the shop to introduce him to her ""loveable"" father, but as she leaves to look for him, Willie is led by his father a second time to a local hat shop to try on more manly hats, in a clever, slapstick sequence.She""s nuts, that""s my complaint.I like o see her put away somewheres, that""s all.Out of my hair." In a comically, whining tone, Beryl also complains:Beryl: Murderers running around.What kind of a town is this?Adam: We don""t have so many murderers running around, Miss, uh, but we have a lot of other things just as bad.