Not a joke at all, I overheard it in a bar in Paris (at the Bar Sancerre, close to La Republic); I thought it mildly amusing. That the waiter switches to Engli

Not a joke at all, I overheard it in a bar in Paris (at the Bar Sancerre, close to La Republic); I thought it mildly amusing. That the waiter switches to English without contempt is entirely characteristic of Paris waiting staff in my experience, professional and polite.