Showing posts with label aristocrats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aristocrats. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Category: C'est la Vie
GROSS INSENSIVITY
During the French revolution, as a cartload of aristocrats was being taken to the place of execution, a rainstorm broke out suddenly. When one of the noblemen, wet to the bones in the open wagon, complained bitterly about the inhospitable weather, the executioner turned on him:
“You should complain! I have to make the return journey too.”
 
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Category: C'est la Vie GROSS INSENSITIVITY

During the French revolution, as a cartload of aristocrats was being taken to the place of execution, a rainstorm broke out suddenly. When one of the noblemen, wet to the bones in the open wagon, complained bitterly about the inhospitable weather, the executioner turned on him:

“You should complain! I have to make the return journey too.”

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