NORM
Though of course the bagels are boiled and then fried.
MARY
Is that so?
NORM
That’s what they say.
MARY
I wouldn’t have guessed.
NORM
And of course spaghetti is made in a similar way.
MARY
How ’bout that?
NORM
God’s truth.
MARY
I hear they turn prunes into pop now.
NORM
Soda pop?
MARY
That’s right. They bottle it.
NORM
Never happen.
MARY
You never believe me.
NORM
Maybe that’s true.
MARY
Ain’t this the finest country in the world.
NORM
Maybe so.