POINTED REPLIES WHEN YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
Take 1:
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at
Ahmedabad in English.
The crowd started chanting, "Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you
speak in
Gujarati."
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a hard
stare and replied,
"Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. I have learned Punjabi
from
men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men
of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, Hindi from
the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. Unfortunately
there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati."
........ You could have heard a pin drop
Take 2:
JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded "does that include the 180,000 who are buried here?"
DeGaule did not respond.
............. You could have heard a pin drop
Take 3:
Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, Monsieur?" the Customs officer asked
sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously." Then you should
know
enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival
in France!
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look. Then he quietly
explained,
"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help
liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport
to."
............. You could have heard a pin drop
Courtesy: An email forward someone .. Thanks due to who recorded this in history.
Take 1:
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at
Ahmedabad in English.
The crowd started chanting, "Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you
speak in
Gujarati."
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a hard
stare and replied,
"Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. I have learned Punjabi
from
men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men
of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, Hindi from
the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. Unfortunately
there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati."
........ You could have heard a pin drop
Take 2:
JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded "does that include the 180,000 who are buried here?"
DeGaule did not respond.
............. You could have heard a pin drop
Take 3:
Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, Monsieur?" the Customs officer asked
sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously." Then you should
know
enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival
in France!
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look. Then he quietly
explained,
"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help
liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport
to."
............. You could have heard a pin drop
Courtesy: An email forward someone .. Thanks due to who recorded this in history.
