[1974] in Humor
HUMOR: The Ugly American
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 26 14:42:57 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:24:27 EST
From: Merlyn Liberty <merlyn@swcp.com>
>Date: 26 Mar 97 00:40:12 -0800
>From: Gordon Garb <ggarb@worldnet.att.net>
>
>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 the south of England, then caught a train to London.
>
>The train was extremely crowded and he could not find a seat. Dead on
>his feet, he walked the length of the train searching for a place to
>sit. Finally he found a compartment with seats facing each other, with
>room for two people on each seat. On one side sat a proper looking
>elderly British lady with a small dog sitting on the empty seat next to
>her.
>
>"Could I please sit here?" the soldier asked.
>
>The lady appeared insulted. "You Americans are so rude" was her reply.
>"Can't you see that my dog is sitting here?"
>
>He continued his search of the train for a seat, and soon found himself
>back in the same place. "Lady, I love dogs" he told her, "I have two at
>home. I would be glad to hold your dog in my lap if I can only sit
>down."
>
>"You Americans are not only rude, you are arrogant!" was her reply.
>
>He leaned against the wall for a time, nearing exhaustion. Finally he
>tried again. "Lady, I've been on the front lines in Europe for three
>months with not a single night's decent rest for that entire time.
>Could I please sit here and hold your dog?"
>
>"You Americans are not only rude and arrogant, you are also obnoxious!"
>was her reply.
>
>With that comment, the soldier calmly reached down, picked up the dog,
>threw it out the train window, and sat down. The lady was speechless.
>
>A distinguished looking British gentleman sitting on the seat across
>from the soldier and the lady spoke up. "Young man, I do not know if
>all you Americans fit the lady's description of you. But I do know that
>you Americans do a lot of things wrong. You drive on the wrong side of
>the road, hold your fork in the wrong hand, and now you have just thrown
>the wrong bitch out of the window."
>
