On his way to a temporary duty assignment in UK straight from a tour of duty in the Middle East, a U. S. Marine was travelling through Europe by train.
The train was quite crowded, and the Marine walked the entire length of the train looking for somewhere to sit, but the only spare seat was occupied by a poodle belonging to a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman.
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 available seat was still under that dog.
He tried again, "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 honour!
Put this American in his place!"
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up, "Sir, you Americans seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing.
You hold the fork in the wrong hand.
You drive your cars on the wrong side of the road.
And now, Sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong b*tch out of the window
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Topic: Doggone it (Read 695 times)