He's right. It's stupid.
1 seconds sound clip from the James and the Giant Peach (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:30:23.016 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I can't work with this miserable crew.
- Great! We're stuck here until we shrivel up and die.
- We're far more likely to drown.
- Oh, no!
- I know! We could... No. It's a stupid idea.
- Hey!
- Hmm.
- With the seagulls, but we'll need string.
- Oh, well, I'll just go to the stationer's and pick up some paper clips while I'm at it.
- I have string. Miles of string.
- And we'll need bait, bird bait.
[...]