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

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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."