Two friends, an Italian boy and a Jewish boy, come of age at thesame time. The Italian boy’s father presents him with a new pistol.On the other side of town, at his bar Mitzvah, the Jewish boyreceives a beautiful gold watch. The next day at school, the two boysare showing each other what they got. They each liked what theother one got, so, they traded.That night, when the Italian boy is at home, his father sees himlooking at the watch. „Where did you getta thatta watch?“ asks theman. The boy explains that he and Sammy had traded. The fatherblows his top. „Whatta you? Stupidda boy? Whatsa matta you!““Somma day, you maybe gonna getta married. Then maybe sommaday you gonna comma home and finda you wife inna bed withanother man. Whatta you gonna do then? Looka atta you watch andsay, `How longa you gonna be?'“
