A talkative golfer complained to a friend one day about
a rude fellow who was in the clubhouse with him. "The
man must have yawned four or five times while I was
talking," he said.
"Maybe he wasn't yawning," the friend commented. "Maybe
he was trying to say something."
On a joint military exercise an English soldier, an
American solider,and a Russian soldier found them-
selves sharing a tent while on a military exercise
and the conversation turned towards how well fed each
of them was.
"In the Russian army we get 2000 calories of food a
day" said the Russian.
"Well," said the Englishman, "in the British army we
are given 4000 calories of food a day."
"That's nothing," said the American, "in the US army
we get 8000 calories of food a day."
At this the Russian got very annoyed. "Nonsense," he
said, "how could one man eat so much cabbage
