So I walk up to this guy, and give my spiel: "Hi there, I'm working on a photo project and I wonder if you would let me take your picture while you're holding this fake egg." Guy looks back at me with a blank expression and sez "I do not speak English" in a thick Russian accent that tells me he's not kidding.

I pantomime what I want out of him, while saying "Can I take your picture?" Guy looks at the egg, looks at me, back at the egg, sighs, and sez "OK" with the same sort of expression some of my relatives used to get: "America, a land from wonder."

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