The French Resistance, WWII
The war had just ended and the train, traversing the French countryside, was very crowded. The exhausted American soldier walked the full length of the train, searching for an empty seat. The only vacant seat was next to a middle aged, very well dressed French woman. But upon that seat sat the woman's well coiffured Poodle.
The war weary American soldier asked, "Ma'am, may I please have that seat?"
The French woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, "You Americans are so rude. Can't you see my little Fifi is using that seat?"
The soldier walked away, slowly limping on his wounded leg, looking for a place to rest his war weary bones. After walking the full length of the train found himself standing before the same lady with the dog.
Again he asked, "Please, lady, may I sit there? I am truly exhausted."
The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans are not only rude but you are also arrogant and disrespectful."
"Madam, we Americans have saved your country during World War I and now again during World War II, as all of sat idly by, eating cheese and drinking wine. And all we get for being your savior, time and time again, is your haughty French disdain!" With that said, the weary soldier calmly reached down, picked up the snarling dog and threw it out the open window of the moving train.
As the soldier slowly sat down in the now empty seat, the woman shrieked and railed; and demanded that someone defend her personal virtue and the nobility of France against this American scoundrel.
An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke in a very calm, strong voice. "You know sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat with the wrong hand, you drive on the wrong side of the road, and now sir, you have thrown the wrong French bitch out of the window."
The war had just ended and the train, traversing the French countryside, was very crowded. The exhausted American soldier walked the full length of the train, searching for an empty seat. The only vacant seat was next to a middle aged, very well dressed French woman. But upon that seat sat the woman's well coiffured Poodle.
The war weary American soldier asked, "Ma'am, may I please have that seat?"
The French woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, "You Americans are so rude. Can't you see my little Fifi is using that seat?"
The soldier walked away, slowly limping on his wounded leg, looking for a place to rest his war weary bones. After walking the full length of the train found himself standing before the same lady with the dog.
Again he asked, "Please, lady, may I sit there? I am truly exhausted."
The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans are not only rude but you are also arrogant and disrespectful."
"Madam, we Americans have saved your country during World War I and now again during World War II, as all of sat idly by, eating cheese and drinking wine. And all we get for being your savior, time and time again, is your haughty French disdain!" With that said, the weary soldier calmly reached down, picked up the snarling dog and threw it out the open window of the moving train.
As the soldier slowly sat down in the now empty seat, the woman shrieked and railed; and demanded that someone defend her personal virtue and the nobility of France against this American scoundrel.
An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke in a very calm, strong voice. "You know sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat with the wrong hand, you drive on the wrong side of the road, and now sir, you have thrown the wrong French bitch out of the window."
