The fly in the coffee cup

 The Fly in the Coffee Cup

A fly falls into a cup of coffee...

• The Englishman: Disgusted, he leaves his coffee, walks out of the cafe, and writes a stern letter of complaint to the editor of The Times.

• The Frenchman: Carefully takes the fly out, shrugs, and drinks the coffee anyway.

• The German: Carefully sterilizes the cup, boils the coffee to kill any bacteria, and drinks it precisely on schedule.

• The American: Sues the cafe for $5 million, wins, buys a new coffee shop, and fires the waiter.

• The Russian: Drinks the coffee, fly and all, without a word. He’s seen much worse.

• The Chinese: Looks at the fly, looks at the coffee, eats the fly for protein, and leaves the coffee.

• The Israeli (or Jew in older versions): Sells the coffee to the Frenchman, sells the fly to the Chinese, and uses the profit to buy a better cup of coffee.

• The Palestinian: Blames the Israeli for the fly being there in the first place, protests the unfairness of the coffee situation, and demands international aid for a new cup.