He lets that sink in a little, lips pursed. Then decides to say: "So what you're saying is, if they did invent shoving potato slices in hot oil and salt, some of them would call them chips, and some would call them fries, instead of being English-y and calling them something they're not." He says it with an increasing grin by the end. "That kind of diluted."

Can't pass up putting ladies in good moods, okay. It happens so infrequently. "And if they don't invent it on their own, we have to do it here. We have got to introduce the concept of deep frying to these poor souls."