An elderly Canadian gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.
At the French customs desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked, sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!"
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he quietly explained, "Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to."

got this by email from a friend. its probably an old one but im young so its the first time i read it :-)

Frank

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Thanks for the good laugh :-)

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Good one! Thanks Frank...

Hehe. two shay!

Brilliant! Here's a variation:

Ground traffic controllers at Frankfurt airport are famously testy, and are sticklers for doing things their way. Aircrews landing at the airport are expected to know their way around the taxiways and stands without direction. When a British Airways flight landed in the mid '70s and was given its stand number, the copilot asked which taxiway he should use.

"Have you never been to Frankfurt before, BA236?" asked the female ground controller sarcastically.

"Twice in 1944," cut in the BA captain, "but it was dark and I didn't land."

On that same vein:

English is the lingua franca of civilian air communication no matter which country it is, but a Lufthansa captain waiting to take off from Munich airport refused. After speaking in German, he was informed by ground control to switch to English.

"I am a German pilot flying a German airliner at a German airport. Why must I speak English?"

A Brit voice cuts in on the net: "Because you lost the bloody war."

nice one david :-) :-) :-)

Frank

Thanks for the laugh guys!

You know, what people say in jest they really mean.

Hi all
When in Normandy with my dad a few years ago one of the French guys we know real well said ,
'do you know why we planted tress down both sides of the road " i said no and he replied,"so invading armys can march in the shade"
Cheers Chris

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nice one chris! :-) :-) :-) heard the same somewere and i fell of my ass laughting lol

Frank

And the rich get richer :-).