Leo wrote in message . ..
On 21 Nov 2004 13:13:12 -0800, (Brian Kelly) wrote:
Leo wrote in message . ..
On 20 Nov 2004 01:57:21 -0800, (Brian Kelly) wrote:
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I ran into a great blonde in the Toronto airport terminal who was a
Mountie. Told her didn't look much like Sergeant Preston to me and
asked her where her horse was. She asked me when I was going back
where I came from.
Heh - I can picture that! Bet she never heard that one before..... :0
She tried to suppress the laugh, didn't work.
Seriously, though, in downtown Toronto in the 70s, I frequently had
tourists stop me and ask where they could see an igloo (2,500 miles
north would be a great place to start!) and where all of the trees
were (!).
groan! They're all over.
I was working in France in 1982 and my boss popped over. We were at
the tail end of the line waiting to go up the Eiffel Tower and a tour
bus disgorged a big load middle-aged flyover country Yanks. A
blue-haired female version of significant girth in a hot pink stretch
suit came off the bus and plowed into line right behind us. She
immediately got into loudly complaining about how "None of these
people around here speak English!" and stared at me for a moment then
asked "Do YOU speak English?!" I stared back for a moment or two,
shrugged my shoulders, then "Parle vous Francais madam . . ?" She
erupted: "See, I toldja, here's another one!!"
My boss gave me an elbow shot to the ribs and whispered, "Kelly you're
such a s--t."
Doesn't seem to happen much anymore - maybe the Internet fixed that!.
I hope.
73. Leo
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