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"Oh, would you like a shine?" "Uh, no thanks." Does Frederick hear it as


"Oh, would you like a shein?"

And he doesn't know what "Shein" translates to, so he turns down the offer?

That's how I've viewed it.

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It's a song. Chattanooga choo choo..

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it is a reference to this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO21y9Gflx0

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The first lines from the Glenn Miller classic are as follows.

Pardon me boy, is that the chattanooga choo choo? Yes, yes track 29. Can I give you a shine? (Shoe shine)

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