Tired Soldier

[belgareth]

> > The train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the
> > train, looking for an empty seat. The only unoccupied seat was
> > directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged lady and was being
> > used by her little dog. The war weary soldier asked, \"Please, ma\'am,
> > may I sit in that seat?\" The French woman looked down her nose at
> > the soldier, sniffed and said,
> > \"You Americans. You are such a rude class of people.
> > Can\'t you see my
> > Little Fife is using that seat?\" The soldier walked
> > away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to
> > the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the
> > dog. Again he asked, \"Please, lady. May I sit there? I\'m very
> > tired.\" The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, \"You Americans!
> > Not
> > only are you rude, you are also arrogant. Imagine!\" The soldier didn\'t
> > say anything else;
> > he leaned over, picked up the little dog, tossed it
> > out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman
> > shrieked and railed,and demanded someone defend her and chastise the
> > soldier. An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up, \"You
> > know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the
> > wrong thing. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your
> > autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you\'ve thrown the
> > wrong bitch out the window.

[frenchie]

The same story in France : the woman may be from Belgium, Switzerland, or Luxemburg.
In Belgium she would be French or Dutch
in Luxemburg she would be French or Belgian or Dutch or German
and so on...
I liked it anyway
Frenchie [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[belgareth]

Sorry, wasn\'t trying to bash the French. Just thought the story was funny.

[frenchie]

no problem !
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[franki]

>> Sorry, wasn\'t trying to bash the French. <<

I thought it was anti-american [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[seadove]

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