oh dear jesus , bring on the clowns , o'mearah thought miserably , and when fat johnny asked again if o'mearah would use the key on the counter to unlock the handcuffs , o'mearah said , `` i ought to ... `` he paused , because he 'd been about to say i ought to shoot you in the guts instead , but he could n't very well shoot fat johnny , could he ?