George: Community property is a law that says half of everything you've got is mine, and half of everything I've got is yours.
Gracie: Then how come I only get one-fourth of everything we make?
George: I'll show you how it works. Here in my hand I've got a dollar in change. Half of everything I've got is yours. Here's fifty cents. Half of everything you've got is mine. How much have you got there?
Gracie: Fifty cents.
George: Okay, give me a quarter. There, see how it works?
Gracie: This time I'll start with the dollar. Now, half of everything I've got is yours. Here's fifty cents. And...and how does that second part go again?
George: And half of everything you've got is mine. How much have you got?
Gracie: Fifty cents.
George: Fine. Give me a quarter.
Gracie: Oh, now I see how it works.

Gracie: A funny thing happened to my mother in Cleveland.
George: I thought you were born in Buffalo.

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