HUMOR: war hero (fwd)
Charley Bwithheld (cbwithheld@withheld.net)
Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:23:06 -0400
>Subject: war hero (fwd)
>X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-53
>From: pdivoky@juno.com (ROBERT P DIVOKY)
>Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 07:15:37 EDT
>
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>>Subject: war hero (fwd)
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>>A WWII American soldier had been on the front lines in Europe for three
>>months, when he was finally given a week of R&R. He caught a supply
>>boat to a supply base in the south of England, then caught a train to
>>London.
>>
>>The train was extremely crowded and he could not find a seat. He was
>>dead on his feet and walked the length of the train looking for
>>anyplace to sit down.
>>
>>Finally he found a compartment with seats facing each other; there was
>>room for two people on each seat. On one side sat only a proper
>>looking, older British lady, with a small dog sitting in the empty
>>seat beside her.
>>
>>"Could I please sit in that seat" he asked.
>>
>>The lady was insulted; "you American are so rude" she said, "can't you
>>see my dog is sitting there?"
>>
>>He walked thru the train more and still could not find a seat. He found
>>himself back at the same place.
>>
>>"Lady, I love dogs - have a couple at home so I would be glad to hold
>>your dog if I can just sit down" he said.
>>
>>The lady replied "you Americans are not only rude, you are arrogant"
>>she said.
>>
>>He leaned against the wall for a time, but was so tired he finally said
>>"lady, I've been on the front lines in Europe for three months with
>>not a decent rest for all that time; could I just please sit there and
>>hold your dog?"
>>
>>The lady replied "you Americans are not only rude and arrogant, you
>>are also obnoxious."
>>
>>With that comment, the soldier calmly stepped it, picked up the dog,
>>threw it out the window and sat down. The lady was speechless.
>>
>>An older neatly dressed Englishman sitting across on the other seat
>>spoke up.
>>
>>"Young man, I do not know if all you Americans fit the lady's
>>description of you or not. But I do know that you Americans do a lot
>>of things wrong. You drive on the wrong side of the road, you hold
>>your fork with the wrong hand, and now you have just thrown the wrong
>>bitch out of the window....
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