A scene from The Big Lebowski 1998
Walter Sobchak

I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude. He kept the money. My point is: here we are. It's shabbos, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life or death.

The Dude

Will you come off it, Walter? You're not even **** Jewish, man.

Walter Sobchak

What the **** are you talkin' about?

The Dude

Man, you're **** Polish Catholic.

Walter Sobchak

What the **** are you talking about? I converted when I married Cynthia! Come on, Dude!

The Dude

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Walter Sobchak

And you know this!

The Dude

Yeah, and five **** years ago you were divorced.

Walter Sobchak

So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish? I'm as Jewish as **** Tevye.

The Dude

It's all a part of your sick Cynthia thing, man. Taking care of her **** dog. Going to her **** synagogue. You're living in the **** past.

Walter Sobchak

Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT, I'M LIVING IN THE PAST I'm— Jesus. What the hell happened?

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