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A couple visited a Chinese restaurant they had not frequented before. The menu was interesting, and they ordered, 'Surprise Chicken'.
In a little bit the waiter placed an iron kettle with an iron lid on a hot pad between the couple.
The woman reached toward the kettle, intending to remove the lid and serve the dish, but the lid rose an inch by itself....and she could see two beady eyes in the shadowed space beneath the lid.
And then the lid dropped back into place with a heavy metallic clang.
The woman suggested that the man serve the dish, and he agreed, being as unobservant as most males are. He had the same experience. The lid rose by itself. There were two beady eyes peering from the shadowed interior. The lid clanged back into place.
The man took action and beckoned the waiter.
"Waiter, we've never had this dish before, but I don't think it is, well, right."
"What you oh-duh?" the earnest Chinese waiter asked.
"The, 'Surprise Chicken'," the man answered.
"Oh!" the waiter shouted, "Velly solly! You get wong oh-duh! This not Sue-plise Chicken...this Peeking Duck!"
(And I apologize for any racial nerves I have aggravated. I admire the Chinese, and am sure that I could never understand or speak their language, while they master enough of ours to conduct life and commerce admirably.)
In a little bit the waiter placed an iron kettle with an iron lid on a hot pad between the couple.
The woman reached toward the kettle, intending to remove the lid and serve the dish, but the lid rose an inch by itself....and she could see two beady eyes in the shadowed space beneath the lid.
And then the lid dropped back into place with a heavy metallic clang.
The woman suggested that the man serve the dish, and he agreed, being as unobservant as most males are. He had the same experience. The lid rose by itself. There were two beady eyes peering from the shadowed interior. The lid clanged back into place.
The man took action and beckoned the waiter.
"Waiter, we've never had this dish before, but I don't think it is, well, right."
"What you oh-duh?" the earnest Chinese waiter asked.
"The, 'Surprise Chicken'," the man answered.
"Oh!" the waiter shouted, "Velly solly! You get wong oh-duh! This not Sue-plise Chicken...this Peeking Duck!"
(And I apologize for any racial nerves I have aggravated. I admire the Chinese, and am sure that I could never understand or speak their language, while they master enough of ours to conduct life and commerce admirably.)
I have been repeating this joke. ok probably very badly.... but it's clean!