McGreevey at the Bakery.
Baker: “May I help you, sir?”
McGreevey: “Great day for reading Plutarch, no?”
Baker: “Excuse me?”
McGreevey: “Plutarch, great stuff there.”
Baker: “Sir, there are people in line. May I help you?”
McGreevey: “Oh, yeah. I’d like a loaf of rye bread, please.”
Baker: “Large or small?”
McGreevey: “Speaking of large and small, how about that Jonathan Swift? He sure had the large and small thing wired.”
Baker: “Huh?”
McGreevey: “I’d like a large loaf, please.”
Baker: “Seeds or seedless?”
McGreevey: “Seeds”¦.seedy”¦.reminds me of Upton Sinclair. He wrote about some pretty seedy stuff there in Chicago.”
Baker: “What? Sir, you’re holding up the line. Seeds or seedless?”
McGreevey: “Seedless, please.”
Baker: “Sliced or whole?”
McGreevey: “Ahhh. Slice”¦.Slice of life. Reminds me of Proust and his Remembrance of Things Past.”
Person in line: “Hey, buddy. We don’t have all day here.”
McGreevey: “Sliced, please.”
Baker: (hands over the bread) “Here you are, sir. That’ll be $2.99.”
McGreevey: (takes the bread and pays with exact change) Thanks. I’m heading home to catch up on my Thomas Aquinas. Have a nice day.” (leaves the shop)
Person in line: “Did he say something about Pluto?”
Update: It would appear that some non-Jersey folks who may not be familiar with the depth of the political swamp in this state might need a hint.
Yeah, Pluto was pretty cool. Goofy was strange. Weren’t they both dogs? So how come Goofy can talk and stuff, but Pluto is jes’ a regular ole dog?
Comment by david — August 29, 2004 @ 11:50 pm
Neat in an early 20th Century French Literature sort of way, but what the heck does it mean?
Comment by Dan — August 30, 2004 @ 10:22 am
BWA HA Ha!!!
Very Nice!
Comment by Tim — August 30, 2004 @ 11:11 am
All McGreevey, all the time
Fausta has a link-rich post with the full McGreevey update.
Trackback by TigerHawk — August 30, 2004 @ 11:11 am
There is something Machiavellian about this dialogue.
Comment by RG — August 30, 2004 @ 12:32 pm
You had me at Plutarch
Comment by Shabe — September 2, 2004 @ 4:47 pm