[ Jim's busy with his own mess, or at least the after-effects of it.

He makes a face at the question before he realizes, oh, Zack's serious. ] Plea-ah-dees. It was my great-grandfather's name, I kind of got stuck with it. [ At least James is easy to pronounce, even if there are a million annoying nicknames to go with it. ] Usually only hear it when I'm in trouble.

That wasn't the part I was worried about, though.