Stevens "can't put up with this shit anymore"?

Wonkette posted a rumor last week that senior AJ John Paul Stevens was considering retirement, allegedly uttering "I can't put up with this shit anymore!" I find it a little hard to believe that Stevens would be getting upset now about being part of an ineffective liberal minority, since he had such a kick-ass term in 2004-5.

She likened the outburst to Howard Beale's, but it seems to me more like a Johnny Paycheck moment: "Take this job and shove it."

Now Wonkette is hosting a contest to pick the most amusing possible context for the quote.

Thinking of an entry now.