Phil: Get out of there! Duck!
Howard: And proud of it.
Phil Blumburtt: Lilly had the dolphins. Cousteau the whales. Goodall, gorillas. I had a duck. I could have been a contender.
Directed by: Willard Huyck
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones, Lea Thompson, Ed Gale
Phil: Get out of there! Duck!
Howard: And proud of it.
Phil Blumburtt: Lilly had the dolphins. Cousteau the whales. Goodall, gorillas. I had a duck. I could have been a contender.
Continuity mistake: For a few moments during the flight scene near the end of the film Tim Robbins has no handcuffs on, but they are back on again seconds later.
Answer: As she said to Howard, she believed that he was using his "outlandish" appearance to be unable to find work and collect money through unemployment. She's probably dealt with people who did the same thing and was eventually sick of it.