The Irish Furniture Dealer

*Murphy,  a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided to expand the line
of  furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what
he
could find.   After arriving in Paris, he visited with some manufacturers
 and selected a  line  that he thought would sell well back home. To
celebrate  the new  acquisition,  he decided to visit a small bar and have
a glass of wine. *

*As he  sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place  was quite
crowded, and  that the other chair at his table was the only vacant  seat
in the house.   Before  long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came to
his  table,  asked  him  something in French (which Murphy  could not
 understand),  so he motioned  to  the vacant chair and invited her to sit
 down. *

 *He  tried to speak to her in English,  but she did not speak his
language. After a couple of
 minutes of  trying  to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a
 picture of a  wine glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a
 glass of wine  for  her.   After sitting together at the table  for a
while, he took another  napkin,  and drew  a picture of a plate with food
on it, and she nodded.  They left the  bar  and found a quiet bistro that
featured a small group  playing romantic  music. *

 *They  ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and  drew a
picture of a couple dancing. She nodded, and  they got up to dance.
They  danced  until the bistro closed and the band was packing up.     Back
at their table, the young lady took a  napkin and drew a picture of a
 four-poster bed on it.

To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out  he was in  the
furniture business. *

Thanks Heidi