Laugh but be Thankful!
A STORY told by Thomas Cadett in the BBC overseas series, Facts and Figures, gives an idea of the acuteness of the French housing shortage; it also shows that some people can laugh at their own troubles. A man struggled in the River Seine. A passer-by rushed to the water’s edge and said: "Hey, what’s your name and address?" The drowning man went on begging for help but the onlooker insisted on getting the information he had asked r. Finally the wretched man in the river gasped out his name and address, whereupon the cther man rushed off. When he got there he told the concierge that he had come to take over the flat of Monsieur Dupont who had just been drowned in the Seine. "There are no vacant flats here, monsieur," said the concierge coldly. "M. Dupont’s flat has already been taken by the man who pushed him into the river."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 33
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157Laugh but be Thankful! New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 33
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