On Recycling

"On Recycling"*

*A Canadian man was having coffee and croissants
with butter and jam in a diner when an American
man, chewing gum, sat down next to him.
 
The Canadian politely ignored the American, who,
nevertheless, started up a conversation.

The American snapped his gum and said, "You
Canadian folk eat the whole bread?"

The Canadian frowned, annoyed with being bothered
during his breakfast, and replied, "Of course."

The American blew a huge bubble. "We don't. In the
States, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect
in a container, recycle them, transform them into
croissants and sell them to Canada."

The American had a smirk on his face. The Canadian
listened in silence.

The American persisted. "D'ya eat jelly with the bread?"

Sighing, the Canadian replied, "Of course."

Cracking his gum between his teeth, the American said,
"We don't. In the States, we eat fresh fruit for breakfast,
then we put all the peels, seeds, and leftovers in
containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and
sell it to Canada."

The Canadian then asked, "Do you have sex in the States?"

The American smiled and said, "Why of course we do."

The Canadian leaned closer to him and asked, "And what
do you do with the condoms once you've used them?"

"We throw them away, of course." Now it was the
Canadian's turn to smile.
 
"We don't. In Canada, we put them in a container, recycle
them, melt them down into chewing gum and sell them
to the United States."
Received on Sun Dec 19 11:24:18 2010