[Rhodes22-list] Political Comment on Memorial Day

[ed kroposki]

An American gentleman arrived in Paris:

 

  The elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane.  At French
Customs, he fumbled for his passport.

 

   "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked
sarcastically.

 

   The old gent admitted that he had been to France previously.

 

   "Then, you should know enough to have your passport ready for
inspection."

 

   The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

 

   "Impossible. You Americans always have 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 Frenchmen to show it to."

 

 

Ed K