THE BETTER INVENTOR
An American visiting England asks the doorman at the hotel to direct him to the elevator.
The doorman looks a bit confused but smiles politely when he realises what the man wants.
“You must mean the lift,” he says.
“No,” the American responds in a rather rude manner. “If I ask for the elevator I mean the elevator.”
“Well,” the doorman answers, “over here we call them lifts.”
“Now you listen,” the irritated American says, “someone in America invented the elevator.”
“Oh, right you are, sir,” the doorman says in a polite tone, “but someone here in England invented the language.”
GERANIUMS
“I’m sorry,”the assistant in a flower shop says,“We don’t have potted geraniums. Could you use African violets instead?”
The customer replies sadly,“No, I can’t .…
