I figure it this way, Gnu. He called on his Canadian friends. He's wrecking his liver. We will help him by taking the bullet. I mean, like, ya know, HE should be the designated tiller on the boat. Heck, he even knows about boats (pointy end is front, long ends are port/starboard, and the end piece is the back, he said with a stern smile on his face).

Hope he's sober enough to read this. In the event he's become a fallen man, you read it for him.