[Marxism] A Dave Van Ronk joke

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a scene, though, Cambridge always annoyed me because they were such
snobs. It was class snobbery, the whole Harvard mystique, even if they were
not actually connected with Harvard. It was like the story about the little
Jew from the garment district who makes his pile, goes to England, and
wants to get a real English gentleman's suit from a real London tailor. He
goes to Saville Row and he's informed that they require four fittings, the
guy says, "That's okay, I've got time." So he goes in for the first
fitting, he second fitting, the third fitting. Finally, everything is ready
except the final touches: getting the shoulders adjusted, dotting the i's,
crossing the t's. He is standing there in this beautiful suit, and he looks
like Anthony Eden, But as he is looking at himself in the mirror, he bursts
into tears.

One of the tailors says, "Oh sir, is there something wrong?"

He says, "No, everything's perfect. . . but vy did ve hef to lose India?"

(From "The Mayor of MacDougal Street")


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