Kip Powick Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 At a French airport... A group of Canadian retired teachers recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, was part of the tour group. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?"; the customs officer asked sarcastically. . Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." Mr. Whiting said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible!" barked the officer. "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 '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dmb Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 At a French airport... A group of Canadian retired teachers recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, was part of the tour group. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?"; the customs officer asked sarcastically. . Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." Mr. Whiting said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible!" barked the officer. "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 '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to." Nice twist..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 What was the other version? A BA pilot talking to a Controller in FRA??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Berlin, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dmb Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 The one i heard was taking place in FRA after grn atc asked AA flight why were they so cnfused while taxing- werent they here before , bla bla bla... and the AA captain came on the radio saying that the last time he was here , he didn t stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Only an American could twist the original story to include themselves. The original story was a "Brit" and seeing the Yanks were late getting into the war I would give more credibility to the Brit story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiho Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Similar one I've heard concerning a somewhat snooty Brit arriving in Australia and being questioned by an Aussie immigration officer... Aussie - "Do you have a criminal record? Brit - "No. I didn't think that you still needed one to get in." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustainable Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 that last one was one of Alexi Sayle's jokes. I used it in Oz once and the Customs?Immigration officer snorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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