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From: neves@uwai.UUCP
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Subject: Re: paris, france (really: how to find a bathroom)
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 22:12:34 EST
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> 
>My brother had a different experience in France. In the international
>section of the Paris airport, he approached a police officer and asked
>"Where is the bathroom." The officer shook his head, so my brother asked
>again in German, and then in Spanish - still no luck. Finally he pointed
>toward his fly and shouted PISS. Somehow, the officer seemed to understand.

My wife tells me that your brother is lucky that his crude term for
urination has French roots.  Pisser means to piss in French.


-- 
David Neves
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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