Welcome to my blog, I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You. I gotta go to bed but first: Abbott and Costello take a French class. ______________________________________ |
Scene: Two college freshmen studying for French class.
Bud: "Excuse me, can you help with a question on this
assignment?"
Lou: "I'll be happy to help if I can."
Bud: "Do you know what 'Je ne sais quois' means?
Lou: "'Je ne sais quois?"
Bud: "Yes, 'Je ne sais quois'."
Lou: "Oh, I know that means."
Bud: "Oh good! What does it mean?"
Lou: "I don't know."
Bud: "What?"
Lou: "I don't know."
Bud: "I thought you said you knew."
Lou: "Know what?"
Bud: "What 'Je ne sais quois' means?"
Lou: "But I do."
Bud: "So what does it mean?"
Lou: "I don't know."
Bud: "You don't know?"
Lou: "No! 'I don't know'."
Bud: "Look, I don't know either."
Lou: "Don't know what?"
Bud: "What 'je ne sais quois' means!"
Lou: "But I told you."
Bud: "No, you haven't told me nothin', buddy!"
Lou: "Yes, I have."
Bud: "No, you said you don't know."
Lou: "No! 'I don't know'."
Bud: "Great! So we BOTH don't know."
Lou: "No, that's 'Nous ne savons pas'."
Bud: "Don't bring another language into this!"
Lou: "That's still French!"
Bud: "So you know French, eh?"
Lou: "Yes, yes I do."
Bud: "And if I ask you do you know what 'Je ne sais quois'
means, you would answer....?"
Lou: "I would answer, 'Yes, I know what 'Je ne sais quois' means?"
Bud: "Aaaaaand...what does 'Je ne sais quois' mean?"
Lou: "I don't know!"
Bud: "Arrgh! There you go again! I ask do you know what
'Je ne sais quois' means and you say yes!! And when I ask
you what 'Je ne sais quois' means, you say I don't know!!!!"
Lou: "Ah ha! That's it!!"
Bud: "What? What's it?"
Lou: "You just said what 'Je ne sais quois' means!"
Bud: "What did I say?"
Lou: "I don't know!"
Bud: "What? You weren't listening?"
Lou: "Yes I was."
Bud: "And I said what 'Je ne sais quois' means?"
Lou: "Yes, you did!"
Bud: "So what did I say?"
Lou: "I don't know."
Bud: "Arrgh! You said you were listening."
Lou: "I was!"
Bud: "But you said you don't know!"
Lou: "No! 'I don't know'."
Bud: (sigh) "No, brother, you don't..."
Lou: "Yes, I do."
Bud: "So you keep telling me. But I gotta tell ya, this
conversation's lacking a certain...I don't know.."
Lou: "Je ne said qouis?"
Bud: "I give up!" (exits)
Lous: (calling after) " That's 'J'abandonne'."
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Il est maintenant temps que nous rire doucement à l'absurdité de ce petit drame tout en sirotant un verre de vin rouge à l'extérieur d'un café parisien. Ah, ces américains stupides !
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