Gowan prepares to hang himself, but while dictating his last thoughts into a tape recorder, he comes up with some good lines and regains his will to write. Unfortunately, his host's pet dog, an Old English sheepdog named Reuben, comes bounding into the room, causing Gowan to lose his balance before he can undo the noose, turning the aborted suicide into accidental asphyxiation. The film's title comprises Gowan's final words, an unsuccessful attempt to halt the dog.
Gowan prepares to hang himself, but whil.e dictating his last thou:ghts into a tape recorder, he comes up with .some good lines and regains his will to write. Unfortunately, his host's pet dog, an Old English sheepdog named Reuben, comes bounding into the room, c.ausing Gowan to lose his balance before he can undo the noose, turning the ab:orted suicide into accidental asphyxiation. The film's title comprises Gowan's :final words, an unsuccessful attempt to halt the dog