An American soldier, serving in World War II, had just returned from
several weeks of intense action on the German front lines. When he was finally granted
R&R and got on a very crowded train bound for London, he 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. So the war weary soldier asked, “Please, ma’am, may I sit in that seat?”
The English 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 Fifi 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, he again found himself facing
the woman with the dog. Again he asked, “Please lady, may I sit there? I’m very
tired.”
The English 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 of the
window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman shrieked, railed,
and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier. Then 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 have thrown the wrong bitch out of the window.”
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