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I have a lot of trouble believing ...


...that people from Poland would not know what a banana is

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That scene is based on the experience of one of James Gray's grandparents.


"a malcontent who knows how to spell"


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I heard this story from my friends Italian immigrant grandparents too. I think it was a common joke amongst immigrants to play on the newer immigrants.

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