I was listening to a gardening show on the radio recently (by accident, I
swear), when a young lady with a British accent called in. She asked
brightly of the host, "I would like to plant some pretty flowers around
my house, what would you recommend?" The host responded, "Would you like
them to bloom all year 'round, or just in the spring?" She replied, "Oh!
All year 'round would be just lovely." "All right," said the host, "You
ought to get some perennials." "Oh, really!" she said, "And what color
are they?"
The converration went on like this for some time and ended with the host
having to take a commercial break, he was laughing so hard.
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 21:01:56 EST miker15@juno.com (MICHAEL J ROBSON)
writes:
>>
>OK OK OK.....I cant resist it though i HAVE tried but nw its got to
>"dumb girlfriend" anecdotes i am sure i have the tops! (incidentally,
>nothing sexist intended - she just happened to be MY girlfriend.)
>As an immigrant to the new wnrld I naturally made it ` quest to
>apprise the native female population of the benfits of British
>men.....One lady of whom i was inordinately fond came with me on a
>trip to England. She had never been there before and whilst she had a
>degree in Anthropology, was spectacularly naive about anything beyond
>the shores of the U.S.
> I swear that the following are totally true quotation
>
>1)whilst standing in the rain on Brighton seafront in February
>"Are there any tropical parts of England?"
>
>2)"Do they drive on the other side because all the cars have the
>steering wheels on the wrong side?"
>
>3)On a bus tour passing the Houses of Parliament the guide referred to
>it as The Palaceof Westminister
>"Oh! - thats where the Queen lives isn't it?"
>
>There were more......................I miss her very dearly.!
>
>mike robson
>69 roadster
>70 BGT
>72 roadster
>
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