johnny suddenly remembered how the actress - the one with the emeralds , the one who had been america 's number one honeybunny in days of yore , so sweet sugar would n't melt in her snatch-had once pushed him into the pool at the bel-air , how everyone had laughed , how he himself had laughed as he came out dripping , with his bottle of beer still in his hand , too drunk to know what was happening , that the flushing sound he heard was the remainder of his reputation going down the shitter .