Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:11:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kay Seven
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Une Capote noire

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 99 22:05:54 -0500
From: jean paul
DE: richard


An English couple were in Paris when the wife died....  The husband wanted
the funeral there, and needed to buy a black hat for the funeral.

He mistook the word "chapeau" and went in search instead for a "capote".

Asking where he could get a capote, he was directed to the drug-store,
where he asked for a "capote noire".

L'homme... behind the counter said....:                                       

"Capote noire, capote noire??....Monsieur, nous avons des capotes jaune,
et des capotes rouge, mais...capotes noire ...nous n'en avons pas!"

"Mais Monsieur.....pourquoi voudriez-vous une capote noire?"                  

The poor widower replied:                                                     

"C'est pour ma femme. Elle est.....morte!!"                                   

"Ah.....!!" replied the man at the drug-store...                              

"Les Anglais...alors.....quelle finesse!!"