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04 April 2012

"The waiter, struggling to explain what a grapefruit is to a man who just didn't get it." A clip from Aziz Ansari's standup special.
and NOW he has my five dollars.
posted by The Whelk 04 April | 11:27
This actually increased my respect for 50 Cent. Thank you Aziz.
posted by oneswellfoop 04 April | 13:37
I have to say that mean humor usually doesn't amuse me, and I'm definitely not finding it funny that a man from a very underprivileged background isn't familiar with a tropical fruit. I am also not clear on why it would be hard to explain that grapes and a different fruit called grapefruit aren't actually related in color of juice or taste.

So, Aziz, no $5 from me to hear the rest of your number.
posted by bearwife 04 April | 13:59
Is a grapefruit really that rare? Maybe my canadian upbringing is skewing my understanding, but I really didn't think that grapefruits were any less common than oranges, or lemons or limes?

Maybe my sense of what's mean is off, but I didn't think Aziz came off very mean.
posted by richat 04 April | 14:52
In Ansari's defense (and I'm not a big fan of him, but that's just me), I think the brunt of the joke here is less a man from an very underprivileged background and more the billionaire that owns a 10% share in VitaminWater, featuring such exotic flavors as DragonBerry, Acai-Blueberry Pomegranate, Blue Agave Passion Fruit Citrus, and, yes, Cranberry Grapefruit
posted by ufez 04 April | 15:02
...but that's just my 2-cent.
posted by ufez 04 April | 15:05
They should have just apologized and brought him a grape soda. Crisis averted.

And also comedy averted. Good.
posted by Eideteker 04 April | 15:25
Is he on helium?
posted by Splunge 04 April | 17:24
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