Free of the shackles

DAN: You happy to be free of the shackles of the dayjob? JOHN: Oh yeah, man.
JOHN: And my settlement checks are even bigger than they were before, so I'm gonna donate some stuff to one of them starving African orphan kids.
JOHN: They say they need the essentials, so I'm thinking some Beatles CDs, some Stones, maybe early Bowie...
DAN: What about... FOOD? JOHN: Um... sure, I could eat.