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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1968)

Story (1968)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man

It was New Orleans, the French Quarter, and I stood on the sidewalk and watched a drunk leaning against the wall and the drunk was crying and the Italian asked him, "are you a Frenchman?" and the Frenchman said, "Yes, I am a Frenchman," and the Italian hit him in the face hard, knocking his head against the wall, and then he'd ask the drunk again, "are you a Frenchman?" and the frog would say yes and the wop would hit him again, meanwhile saying over and over, "I'm your friend, I'm your friend, I am only trying to help you, don't you understand that?" and the Frenchman would say yes and the Italian would hit him again. There was another Italian sitting in his car shaving with a flashlight hung up and shining in his face. It seemed very odd. There he sat with shaving cream all over his face and shaving with this long open razor...

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