A war-weary US marine enters a crowded train and walks the entire length
looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed,
middle-aged, French woman’s poodle. The 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 seat left was under
that dog. 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 of the train window and sat down.
The woman shrieked, “Someone must defend my honour and put this American in
his place!”
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up, “Sir, you Americans often
seem
to have a knack for doing the wrong thing. You hold the fork in the wrong
hand, you drive your autos on the wrong side of the road and now sir, you
seem to have thrown the wrong b itch out of the window!”