[quark]

That'll teach Tony to rub elbows with the hoi polloi on a commercial flight.

[I see my hands]

"That'll teach Tony to rub elbows with the hoi polloi on a commercial flight"

Mike "Duke" Dukakis, while Mass Gov., would ride the Green Line along side yours truly. And yours truly was a hoi polloi as it got. We never overshot a stop, however.

[I see my hands]

Oh yeah, I tired to teach him too, but to no avail.

[Atlas Sneezed]

That'll teach Tony to rub elbows with the hoi polloi on a commercial flight.

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"Hoi" is the article. The proper phraseology is:

That'll teach Tony to rub elbows with hoi polloi...