On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:56:05 GMT, john smith wrote:

The train was quite crowded, so the U. S. Marine walked its entire
length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a
well-dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle. The war-weary
Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"

The French woman just 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 left 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 often
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've thrown the wrong bitch out the window!"

Man, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything messy or I'd have lost a
keyboard. I knew I followed these newsgroups for some reason.

Thank You!

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com