Frenchman and the American, The

A French man is having his petit dejeuner (coffee, croissants, bread, butter and jam) when an American man, chewing gum, sits down next to him.

The Frenchman ignores the American, who nevertheless starts a conversation. "You French folk eat the whole bread?" he asks.

The Frenchman replies, "Of course."

The American blows a huge bubbles and says, "We don't. In the States, we only eat what is inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle it, transform them into croissants and sell them to France."

He has a smirk on his face, but the Frenchman only listens in silence.

The American persists. "D'ya eat jelly with the bread?"

The Frenchman replies, "Of course."

The American cracks his gum between his teeth and chuckles. "We don't," he says. "In the States we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, put all peel, seeds and leftovers in containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and sell the jam to France."

The Frenchman then asks, "And what do you do with condoms once you've used them?"

"We throw them away, of course."

The Frenchman smiles. "We don't," he says. "In France, we put them in a container, recycle them, melt them down into chewing gum and sell it to America."