> The train was quite
> crowded. 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 honor! 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
> bitch out the
>
> window."
> crowded. 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 honor! 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
> bitch out the
>
> window."
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