From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-cvd!judi Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: International Potpourri - (nf) Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.599 Posted: Fri Jan 21 12:01:33 1983 Received: Mon Jan 24 01:01:09 1983 #N:hp-cvd:6100004:000:1089 hp-cvd!judi Jan 20 16:06:00 1983 As an experiment, they placed two men and a woman alone on each of five islands. On one island they put Spanish, on another island they put Americans, on a third French, on a fourth Soviet, and on the last British. Years later they came back to see how each group fared. On the Spanish island there was one woman. When asked what happened to the two men, she replied, "They shot themselves in a duel over me." On the American island there was one man. When asked what happened to the others, he replied, "They shot themselves in a duel over me." On the French island there was one man. When asked what happened to the others, he replied, "They're out on a trip. In six months they will come back and I'll leave with the woman and he'll tend the garden." On the Soviet island there were two men drinking vodka over a card table. When asked where the woman was, he replied, "The masses are out in the field." On the British island all three were still standing on the beach where they were first left. When asked why, they replied, "You havn't intro- duced us properly."