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
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 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 that
someone defend her and
chastise the soldier.
An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke
up, "You know,
sir, 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."
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