Captured By Cannibals
A Frenchman, an Englishman, and a New Yorker were captured by cannibals.
The chief comes to them and says:
- the bad news is that now that we've caught you, we're going to kill you. We will put you in a pot and cook you, eat you, and then use your skins to build a canoe. The good news is that you get to choose how you die.
The Frenchman says:
- I take ze sword.
The chief gives him a sword, he says - Vive la France! - and runs himself through.
The Englishman says:
- a pistol for me, please.
The chief gives him a pistol, he points it at his head, says - God save the queen! - and blows his brains out.
The New Yorker says: