An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending

[Brutuskend]

An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only
English.

He then asked: "Why is it that we have to speak English in these Conferences rather than you speak French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it's because we arranged it so you did not have to speak
German."

The group became silent. 😉

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only
English.

He then asked: "Why is it that we have to speak English in these Conferences rather than you speak French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it's because we arranged it so you did not have to speak
German."

The group became silent. 😉

bah .... possibly the oldest "joke" ever

alternate ending ... after little silence the french admiral retorted "or we could've arranged so we'd only have one conference with the royal navy, rather than having seperate ones for brits and americans"

 

[GasX]

:beer:😀:beer:

 

[EagleKeeper]

The comment back should have been:

Remember, we made it so you did not have to speak English

 

[elTaco]

:beer:

 

[xcript]

Terrible.