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The French
Here is my offering, there are undoubtedly more!
Subject: Touche'
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> An elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane and at French
> customs he fumbled for his passport.
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> "You have been to France before Monsieur?", the customs officer asked
> sarcastically.
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> The American admitted that he had been to France before.
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> "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready for
> inspection", snapped the irate official.
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> The American said that the last time he came to France he did not have
> to show his passport.
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> "Impossible, old man. You Americans always have to show your
> passports on arrival in France."
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> The old American gave the Frenchman a long hard look and said, "I
> assure you, that when I came ashore on Omaha Beach in Normandy on
> D-day in 1944, there were no damn Frenchmen anywhere on that beach.
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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it
R.E. Lee
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