The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe - Plot & Excerpts
In the parking lot of a Jack-in-theBox chicken joint, a young marketing guy was interviewing people about their buying habits. ‘We was middle class before we had a car,’ said a bald Phil Silvers-type with chickeny fingers. The Gray Line tour had pulled up behind the man and you could hardly hear him for the grunting of the bus.‘What – straight purchase?’ asked the guy with the clipboard. ‘I don’t know. All I can tell you is my family got cars and didn’t think anything about it. Nice cars. My folks got a small house and a big car on the same day.’ ‘Where?’ ‘Pasadena. My father worked for the US Termite Control Corporation.’ ‘They bought a car and a house?’ ‘Yes, sir. My mom and pop took me and my sisters down to Knott’s Berry Farm and Ghost Town to celebrate the new house and the new car. You know, down in Buena Park? We had a chicken dinner then, too.’ ‘You did?’ ‘Yes, sir. We did. And we stayed in a motel down that way to celebrate.’ ‘You celebrated the new house by staying in a motel?’ ‘Indeed we did, sir.
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