Telegrams of the Soul

The People Don’t Always

Feel Altogether Social-democratic

“Say, coachman, do you know a Tschecherl* still open at this hour?!?”

“I do indeed, Sir, but the clientele’s too low class in that joint.”

“Listen, my good man, for me there are no lower class people and no upper class people, you understand?! Everybody’s equal!”

“Oh they’re equal alright, but the body odor’s different!”

Green grocer: “But we also have fruit for the very fancy folk?!?”

“What kind of people are they, the very fancy folk?!?”

“The very fancy folk are them that buy the very fancy fruit!”

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*A little café