> SPEAKING IN TONGUES
>
> A Swiss guy, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two
Americans >are waiting.
>
> "Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" he
> asks. The two Americans just stare at him.
>
> He tries again: "Excusez-moi, parlez vous
> Francais?"
> The two continue to stare. "Parlare Italiano?" No
> response. "Hablan ustedes Espanol?" Still nothing.
>
> The Swiss guy drives off, extremely disgusted. The
> first American turns to the second and says,
> "Y'know,
> maybe we should learn a foreign language."
>
> "Why?" says the other. "That guy knew four
> languages,
> and it didn't do him any good."