An English tourist visited Germany. He assumed that most Germans would speak English. But he found that many people spoke only their native tongue, including the ticket inspector on the train. The ticket inspector punched his ticket, then chatted cordially for a bit, making gestures like a windmill. The tourist simply nodded from time to time to show him that he was interested. When the collector had gone, an American woman soldier in the compartment leaned forward and asked if he spoke German.
"No," the Englishman confessed.
"Then that explains," she said, "why you didn't bat an eyelid when he told you that you were on the wrong train."
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