Friday, February 2, 2007

Greetings...Polish style!

This is in response to Uceh's comment. There's a story in the Polish diplomatic circles. I don't know how truthful it is but it goes something like this:

A Polish ambassador who didn't speak English that well was sent to represent Poland in the UK sometime in the early 80's. The British Prime Minister at the time invited the Polish ambassador to a dinner reception where he welcomed him.

PM: Welcome ambassador, nice to see you.
Ambassador: Thank you very much. How do you do?
PM: Well, thank you.

At this point the ambassador sees the PM's wife behind him and asks:

Ambassador: How do you do, your wife?

The PM thinks it over briefly.

PM: It's really none of your business!

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