Innocence Abroad

No matter where you travel, it seems creeping Americanism will catch up with you.

Two Americans traveling through English country lanes were arguing about how to pronounce the name of the town into which they wandered.

They decided to stop for lunch and settle the matter by asking a waitress.

"Please tell us where we are," one said, "but say it very, very slowly."

Sure, she replied. "Bur-ger Ki-ng."