I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. By the time we took off, there had been a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked. Unexpectedly, we stopped in Sacramento on the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be another 45-minute delay, and if we wanted to get off the aircraft, we would reboard in thirty minutes.

Seated next to a blowhard at a United Nations dinner was an Oriental fellow
dressed in the robes of one of the Far Eastern countries. The blowhard,
attempting to make conversation, leaned over and said: "You like soupee?"

The Oriental fellow nodded his head.

You like steakee?"

The Oriental nodded again.

As it turned out, the guest speaker at the dinner was our Oriental friend who
got up and delivered a beautiful 50-minute address on the United Nations'
definition of "encouragement to self-reliance" by underdeveloped countries of