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A Frenchman in England
A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could speak English, but not very well. His vocabulary was not large. One day he was eating in a small country hotel and he wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn’t remember the word for eggs. Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.
The waiter told him that it was called a rooster. The Frenchman then asked what the rooster’s wife was called. The waiter told him that she was called a hen. The Frenchman then asked what the hen’s children were called. The waiter told him that they were chickens.
The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born. The waiter told
Him that they were called eggs. “Fine!” said the Frenchman. “Please bring me two and a cup of cof-
Fee”. Do you think the Frenchman found a clever way out?
What about the food people
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