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'It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?'
Or even better:
C.J.: It's not that I wanna don a shroud, I just think the Polly-Anna act's not wearing well. Sir, I'm worried that at some point avoidance starts to look like maybe we just haven't noticed. We run the risk of appearing out of touch, like one of those President's who doesn't know the price of milk. Sir, do you know the price of milk?
BARTLET: Not precisely.
C.J.: Neither do I. Do any of us?
Milk has up to 30% pus in it where I'm from (legal limit). Who buys that crap anyway?
Bananas are less than a dollar per pound.
What country is that?
United States
Oh dear
I'd assume Malaysia (from the @monyet)
well to be fair I don't know the price of milk and I buy milk at the store. That's not information I memorise
You probably know the ballpark. They have no idea what the correct order of magnitude is
it's been harder since the ukraine war as things keep getting more and more expensive rapidly