The train was quite crowded, and a U. S. Marine walked the
entire length looking for a seat.
There seemed to be one next to a well-dressed, middle-aged,
French woman, but when he got there, he saw it was taken by the woman's
poodle.
The war-weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"
The French woman sniffed and said to no one in particular,
"Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat."
The marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat
available was under that dog. "Please, ma'am. May I sit down? I'm very
tired."
She snorted, "Not only are you Americans rude, you are also
arrogant!"
This time the Marine didn't say a word; he just picked up
the little dog,
tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
The woman shrieked, "Someone must defend my honour! Put
this American in his
place!"
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up. "Sir, you
Americans seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the
fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road.
And now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong ***** out the window."
entire length looking for a seat.
There seemed to be one next to a well-dressed, middle-aged,
French woman, but when he got there, he saw it was taken by the woman's
poodle.
The war-weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"
The French woman sniffed and said to no one in particular,
"Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat."
The marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat
available was under that dog. "Please, ma'am. May I sit down? I'm very
tired."
She snorted, "Not only are you Americans rude, you are also
arrogant!"
This time the Marine didn't say a word; he just picked up
the little dog,
tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
The woman shrieked, "Someone must defend my honour! Put
this American in his
place!"
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up. "Sir, you
Americans seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the
fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road.
And now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong ***** out the window."
