MURPHY GETS LUCKY!

1st Aug 2011

MURPHY, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decides to expand the line of furniture in his store, so heads off to Paris. After a satisfactory week of negotiations, he decides to visit a crowded small bistro and have a glass of wine.

As he sits enjoying himself, a beautiful young Parisian girl comes to his table and asks if she may use the spare chair, as there is nowhere else to sit.

Murphy doesn’t speak a word of French but understands by her gestures, and invites her to join him.

That being the extent of Murphy’s understanding of French sign language, they soon revert to drawing on a napkin to communicate. He draws a picture of a wine glass and shows it to her. She nods, so he orders a wine for her. That goes so well that he soon draws a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nods. They leave the bistro and find a quiet cafe that features a small group playing romantic music. They order dinner, after which he takes another napkin and draws a picture of a couple dancing.

She nods and they get up to dance. They dance until the cafe closes and the band is packing up. Back at their table, the young lady takes a napkin and draws a picture of a four-poster bed.

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