Re-post from Fugals,
The only seat available on the train was directly
adjacent to a well dressed
middle aged French woman and the seat was being used
by her dog. The
weary traveler asked, "Ma'am, please move your dog. I
need that seat."
The French woman looked down her nose at the American,
sniffed and said,
"You Americans. Your are such a rude class of people.
Can't you see my
little FiFi is using that seat?"
The American walked away, determined to find a place
to rest, but after
another trip down to the end of the train, 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 American didn't say anything else, he leaned over,
picked up the 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 honor and chastise the American.
An English man sitting across the aisle spoke up
indignantly "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've thrown
the wrong squeak out the window."
