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Tommy Green: Pop, are we Jewish? Jimmy Kelley said we were. Our janitor told his janitor.

Phil Green: Well, what did you tell Jimmy Kelley?

Tommy Green: I said I'd ask you.

Phil Green: Well, it's like this. Remember that movie Kathy and I took you to, and you asked if things like that really happened?

Tommy Green: Kathy said they were pretending.

Phil Green: Well, I'm pretending I'm Jewish for something I'm writing.

Tommy Green: You mean like a game?

Phil Green: Yes, but I'd appreciate it if you promised not to tell anybody it's a game.

Tommy Green: Okay, Pop, sure.

Phil Green: I've been saying I'm Jewish, and it works.

Dave Goldman: Why, you crazy fool! It's working?

Phil Green: It works too well. I've been having my nose rubbed in it, and I don't like the smell.

Dave Goldman: You're not insulated yet, Phil. The impact must be quite a business on you.

Phil Green: You mean you get indifferent to it in time?

Dave Goldman: No, but you're concentrating a lifetime into a few weeks. You're not changing the facts, you're just making them hurt more.