(September 27, 2015 at 11:22 pm)IATIA Wrote: A couple was visiting in Russia when they became disoriented. They stopped to ask directions from a guard.
"which way is the Kremlin?"
"Я не понимаю"
"Do you speak any English?"
"Я не понимаю"
"Est-ce que tu parles français?"
"Я не понимаю"
"Sprechen Sie deutsch?"
"Я не понимаю"
"Parli italiano?"
"Я не понимаю"
"Well I guess we aren't getting anywhere like this" "Let's head that way and maybe we can find someone else"
As the couple left, one guard looked at the other and said, "Maybe we should learn a couple of languages to deal with these tourists.".
The other guard says, "They knew four and look what good it did them."
My step father used to tell this story. He was checking in to a Paris hotel. He spoke no French, so he began in English. The desk clerk shock his head, and indicated he spoke no English. So my step father tried German. Yes, the clerk knew German and all went well.
After he had taken his bags up to his room as he came over the balcony he over heard the clerk speaking to a German. No he spoke no German, but he did speak English.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.