>>>My serious doubts that Hollywood in mid sixties could go into such finesse and place the plot into a place that needed explanation. If it's Arabic, it's somewhere in the center of Arabic world. If it's in USSR, it's somewhere around Moscow or in Siberia.
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>>Oh sure, I was just musing, and being ironic :-)
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>B.A.: have you ever heard of the word "irony", Baldrick?
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>B: oh it's just another of those words like goldy or bronzy.

:-)

Like the old joke:

Anthony: "Ceasar, where do you keep your armies?"
Ceasar: "up my sleevies"

Teaching B to count - something like (don't quote me):
BA: "Now B, what have we here?"
B: "Some beans"
BA: "Now if I add two more then how many do we have?"
B: "Some more beans"


Did you ever get to see "Father Ted"? His equally stupid side-kick, Father Dougal. One of the funniest sit coms to come out of either continent.

a scene opens with Ted, in their wee caravan (trailer), explaining perspective to Dougal with the help of a toy cow in his hand, and pointing out the window:

"Now you see, Dougal, those cows are faaaaar awaaaay ..."