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An Elderly American In France
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Posted on 04/11/2004 8:22:49 AM PDT by E Rocc
The elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he fumbled for his passport.
"You 'ave been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. The old gent admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Zen, you should know enough to 'ave your passport ready for inspection."
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. You Americans alwayz 'ave to show your passports on arrival in France!"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained.
"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44, I couldn't find any [clinton]ing Frenchmen to show it to."
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: dday; french; humor
Didn't find it posted anywhere else....LOL. Ranks up there with the British pilot in Frankfurt one.
-Eric
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:22:50 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
To: E Rocc
Hows that one go?
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posted on
04/11/2004 9:19:37 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(I voted for this tagline... before I voted against it.)
To: Bogey78O
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them.
So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign "Speedbird 206":
Speedbird 206: "Top of the morning, Frankfurt,Speedbird 206 clear of the active runway."
Ground: "Guten Morgen. You vill taxi to your gate."
The big British Airways 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by a moment, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206,haff you never flown to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): Yes, I have, actually, in 1944. In another type of Boeing, but just to drop something off. I didn't stop."
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posted on
04/11/2004 9:28:18 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
To: E Rocc
I read one that went like this.
A Lufthansa pilot at the Frankfurt airport was asking which gate his plane was to go to. When the controller told him to speak in English he responded; "I am a German pilot flying a German plane into a German airport, why do I have to speak English?" Then a voice with a British accent came onto the frequency and said, "because you lost the bloody war."
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posted on
04/11/2004 3:02:06 PM PDT
by
Better Dead Than Red
(Davis College Republicans (Best Party on Campus))
To: Better Dead Than Red
I've read that one before. It's one of my top 10 my favorites. :)
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:39:25 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
("Completely concretely" - - That's "the power of the 'Freeper'.")
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