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:45:04
Shrimp. My favorite.
:45:08
He should have taken only
a small spoonful of the best dish...

:45:11
until everyone had
had a helping.

:45:13
He has good appetite.
:45:19
He shouldn't have bragged
he was a fast learner.

:45:26
But the worst was when Rich
criticized my mother's cooking...

:45:31
and he didn't even know
what he had done.

:45:34
As is the Chinese
cook's custom...

:45:36
my mother always
insults her own cooking...

:45:40
but only with the dishes
she serves with special pride.

:45:43
This dish not salty enough.
:45:47
No flavor.
It's too bad to eat.

:45:50
But please--
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Oh!
:45:55
That was our cue
to eat some...

:45:59
and proclaim it
the best she'd ever made.

:46:01
You know, Lindo...
:46:04
all this needs is
a little soy sauce.

:46:07
Oh! Uh, oh.
:46:16
So, how'd your mom react when
you told her about the wedding?

:46:21
It never came up.
:46:25
How come?
:46:28
She'd rather get
rectal cancer.

:46:33
Oh.
:46:35
Ma, a soft wave for body.
What do you think?

:46:41
Look, she doesn't
want it too short.

:46:43
Otherwise it'll be
too tight for the wedding.

:46:46
And we don't want it
looking too weird or kinky.

:46:50
Isn't that right, Ma?
Not too kinky?

:46:54
Why does my daughter think
she's translating English for me?

:46:58
Maybe I don't go.

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