The Irish Furniture Dealer.
Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin , decided to expand the line offurniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he couldfind.
After arriving in Paris , he visited with some manufacturers and selected aline that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the newacquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of wine.
As he sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place was quitecrowded, and that the other chair at his table was the only vacant seat in thehouse.
Before long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came tohis table, askedhim something in French (whichMurphy couldn o t understand), so he motionedto the vacant chair and invited her to sit down.
He tried to speak to herin English, but she did not speak his language. After a couple of minutes oftrying to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a picture of awine glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a glass of winefor her.
After sitting together at the table for a while, he took another napkin,and drew a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nodded. They left thebistro and found a quiet cafe that featured a small group playing romanticmusic.
They ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and drewa picture of a couple dancing. She nodded, and they got up to dance. Theydanced until the cafe closed and the band was packing up.
Back at their table, the young lady took a napkin and drew a picture of afour-poster bed on it.
To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out he was in the furniture business.