{"id":25201,"date":"2026-11-13T20:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=25201"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:08:20","slug":"the-train-ride-nobody-would-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=25201","title":{"rendered":"The Train Ride Nobody Would Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472-167x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472-167x300.jpeg 167w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472-572x1024.jpeg 572w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472-768x1376.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472-857x1536.jpeg 857w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6472.jpeg 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Train Ride Nobody Would Forget<\/p>\n<p>An American soldier, serving in World War II, had just returned from several weeks of intense action on the German front lines.<br \/>\nHe had finally been granted R&#038;R and was on a train bound for London.<br \/>\nThe train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the train, looking for an empty seat.<br \/>\nThe only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to a well-dressed middle-aged lady and was being used by her little dog.<br \/>\nThe war weary soldier asked, \u201cPlease, ma\u2019am, may I sit in that seat?\u201d<br \/>\nThe English woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, \u201cYou Americans.<br \/>\nYou are such a rude class of people.<br \/>\nCan\u2019t you see my little Fifi is using that seat?\u201d<br \/>\nThe soldier walked away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the dog.<br \/>\nAgain he asked, \u201cPlease, lady.<br \/>\nMay I sit there?<br \/>\nI\u2019m very tired.\u201d<br \/>\nThe English woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, \u201cYou Americans!<br \/>\nNot only are you rude, you are also arrogant. Imagine!\u201d<br \/>\nThe soldier didn\u2019t say anything else; he leaned over, picked up the little dog, tossed it out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat.<br \/>\nThe woman shrieked and railed, and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier.<br \/>\nAn English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up, \u201cYou know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing.<br \/>\nYou eat holding the fork in the wrong hand.<br \/>\nYou drive your cars on the wrong side of the road.<br \/>\nAnd now, sir, you\u2019ve thrown the wrong b*tch out the window.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471-167x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471-167x300.jpeg 167w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471-572x1024.jpeg 572w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471-768x1376.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471-857x1536.jpeg 857w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_6471.jpeg 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><br \/>\nA young man was showing off his new sports car to his girlfriend.<br \/>\nShe was thrilled at the speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I do 200mph, will you t*ke *ff your clothes?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes!\u201d said his adventurous girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>And as he gets up to 200, she p**led off all her clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to keep his eyes on the road, the car skidded onto some gravel and flipped over.<\/p>\n<p>The n*ked girl was thrown clear, but he was jammed beneath the steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo and get help!\u201d he cried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I can\u2019t. I\u2019m n*ked and my clothes are gone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake my shoe\u201d, he said, \u201cand cover yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holding the shoe over her p*bes, the girl ran down the road and found a service station.<\/p>\n<p>Still holding the shoe between her legs, she pleaded to the service station proprietor, \u201cPlease help me! My boyfriend\u2019s stuck!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proprietor looked at the shoe and said, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can do\u2026he\u2019s in too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nun Suddenly Regretted Asking One More Question\u2026 \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd52<\/p>\n<p>A farmer was out checking his fields one afternoon when he spotted a nun walking slowly along the dusty road toward town.<br \/>\nAfternoon, Sister,\u201d he called. \u201cWhere are you headed in this heat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nun smiled politely.<br \/>\n\u201cOur convent pantry is nearly empty. I\u2019m going into town to see whether anyone might donate some food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell now,\u201d said the farmer, tipping his hat, \u201cthere\u2019s no need for that long walk. I\u2019d be happy to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nun thanked him warmly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly problem is,\u201d the farmer continued, \u201cthe only thing ready to harvest right now is cucumbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, that would still be wonderful,\u201d the nun replied gratefully. \u201cThe sisters will appreciate anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The farmer nodded.<br \/>\n\u201cTell you what \u2014 come by every Monday and I\u2019ll give you enough cucumbers so every sister can have two on the first day\u2026 and one a day for the rest of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nun paused for a moment, slightly puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy two on the first day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The farmer blinked at her innocently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell\u2026\u201d he said,<br \/>\n\u201cone\u2019s for eating, of course.\u201d \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Train Ride Nobody Would Forget An American soldier, serving in World War II, had just returned from several weeks of intense action on the German front&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25204,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25201\/revisions\/25204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}