Favorite Long Quote/Extract Those confrontations were my first lessons in ideological warfare.
“I don’t like the looks of this codfish.”
“Lady” – when he called her “lady” he no longer thought she was – “for looks
you don’t buy codfish; you buy goldfish.”
“Mister, this chicken has a broken leg.”
“Look, lady, you gonna eat it or dance with it?”
“Yesterday in the dozen eggs you sold me was two stinkin’ eggs. Shall I
bring them back?”
“No, lady. Your word is as good as the eggs.”
“Listen, my friend the butcher, before you weigh the meat, take out the
bones.”
“I buy with bones; you’ll buy with bones.”
“I don’t pay for no bones.”
“Alright. No bones.”
“Thank you. You're a gentleman. Now put the bones in a separate bag for
soup. Thank you. Now, never mind the meat. I don’t like your meat anyhow.”
