The British Ambassador walked briskly into the foyer of a magnificent Washington hotel and stopped for a moment to speak with one of the bright-buttoned Bellmen in he lobby. After he walked on, an assistant manager who had witnessed the incident, went over to the bellman and said, "What did the Ambassador want?"
"I don't know," answered the bellman. "He couldn't speak an ounce of English."
A reporter covering the Iowa State Legislature proceedings wore light summer shoes on a day when it snowed.
The following day, a pleasant dry one, he wore overshoes. A legislator asked him about it.
“It’s the effect of being around government,” he replied. “I am now prepared for yesterday.”