A furniture dealer, Bob from Tennessee, decided that he wanted to
expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to
Paris, France to see what he could find.
After arriving in
Paris (this being his first trip ever to the French capital), Bob met
with some manufacturers and finally selected a line that he thought
would sell well back home in Tennessee. To celebrate the new
acquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of
wine. As he sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place was
quite crowded, and that the one other chair at his table was the only
vacant seat in the house.
Before long, a very beautiful young
Parisian girl came to his table, asked him something in French (which
he did not understand), and motioned toward the chair. He invited her
to sit down.
Bob tried to speak to her in English, but she did
not speak his language .So, after trying to communicate with her for a
couple of minutes, he took a napkin and drew a picture of a wine glass
and showed it to her. She nodded, and he ordered a glass of wine for
her.
After sitting together at the table for awhile, Bob took
another napkin, and drew a picture of a plate with food on it, and she
nodded. They left the bistro and found a quiet cafe that featured a
small group playing romantic music They ordered dinner, after which he
took another napkin and drew a picture of a couple dancing. She nodded,
and they got up to dance.
They danced until the cafe closed and the band was packing up.
Back
at their table, the young lady took a napkin and drew a picture of a
four-poster bed. To this day, Bob has no idea how she figured out he
was in the furniture business.
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