"Where are all the Americans?"

[jas2587]

A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United States . He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me into this country, giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"

The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."

The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful countryhere in America ."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."

The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand, and says, "Thank you for wonderful America !"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Middle East . I am not American."

He finally sees a nice lady and asks, "Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa ."
Puzzled, he asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says, "Probably at work."


Cindy

 

[slotplayer]

good one,

sounds like my neighborhood. I'm the last american in it.

 

[jetset]

This joke reminds me of the first time my wife and I visited the US, landing in San Francisco on a late flight some time ago.

We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel near Pier 39, and the driver was from Syria, he revealed in heavily accented casual conversation.

When we checked in at the four star hotel the night staff were Indian folks, as were the staff, together with some Vietnamese and possibly Mexican guys next morning when we took breakfast.

Ambling around the shops near the hotel we remarked the ethnic mix of Indonesian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, African and Asian folks, most of whom could manage only rather fractured English (but understood dollar arithmetic perfectly LOL).

By lunchtime we both came to the same conclusion - this bit of America had more immigrants than "real" Americans!

Of course as the day, and the visit, wore on we came increasingly in contact with more established Americans of all ethnic groups to dispel our initial misconception, but it was briefly a strange feeling, and an illustration of how powerful the attraction of US wealth and democracy can be.

 

[jas2587]

This joke reminds me of the first time my wife and I visited the US, landing in San Francisco on a late flight some time ago.

We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel near Pier 39, and the driver was from Syria, he revealed in heavily accented casual conversation.

When we checked in at the four star hotel the night staff were Indian folks, as were the staff, together with some Vietnamese and possibly Mexican guys next morning when we took breakfast.

Ambling around the shops near the hotel we remarked the ethnic mix of Indonesian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, African and Asian folks, most of whom could manage only rather fractured English (but understood dollar arithmetic perfectly LOL).

By lunchtime we both came to the same conclusion - this bit of America had more immigrants than "real" Americans!

Of course as the day, and the visit, wore on we came increasingly in contact with more established Americans of all ethnic groups to dispel our initial misconception, but it was briefly a strange feeling, and an illustration of how powerful the attraction of US wealth and democracy can be.

I am sure being in another country an all that you run into are different then what you expected
I hope you enjoyed your stay here in the USA

Cindy

 

[jetset]

It was fantastic! The fact that we have since spent another five holidays in the US, usually hiring cars and travelling widely, attests to that.

The trouble with the United States, and for that matter Canada, is that it offers such a diversity in everything from people to sheer scenic beauty that you keep going back to see more, running the risk of missing out on all the other great tourist spots in the world!