Moos Wrote: FRENCH: 1/ "Pappy" Alexander. MP: "Knight first you fart then you belch GET OUT!" Call me vulgar, but I laughed like a drain (d'you > see what I did there?) at that one. Did Knight have the gumption to say 'Sorry sir, I didn't know you had to belch first?' What "Jethro" Knight did,in fact,was to march out stomping the floor as hard as possible with his Doctor Martins on!:)) Another "Pappy" story-he was about 107 years old btw...He used to crack the same "joke" 100 times a year. He would say in French "What have I got in my pocket?"...."Dunno,Sir" would be the reply from the gathered ensemble. Then he would say with a big grin "5 pence and a piece of string!":))(6)....so once the "lads" got wise to this they agreed what to do next time. The day soon arrived-usual spiel and silence after the "punchline" then a ripple then a few random laughs,gradually building so that everyone laughed,at first reasonably,then it grew and grew until the whole class were in uncontrollable hysterics,complete with holding their sides and Barry Rowing and Pancho Martinez rolling on the floor! At first he smiled at the recognition of his joke but gradually it dawned on him that the lads were taking the pizzicato BIG-TIME:))...twas 40 years ago but still vivid today!