Furniture Man

Furniture Dealer

Ole, a furniture dealer

from Fargo, ND,
decided to expand the line

of furniture in his store,
so the Furniture Man decided to go to Paris

to see what he could find.

After arriving in Paris,

he visited with some manufacturers
and selected a line that he

thought would sell well back home.
To celebrate the new acquisition,
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 quite crowded,
and that the other chair

at his table was the only

vacant seat in the house.

Before long, a very beautiful

young Parisian girl came to his

table and asked something in French,

which Ole could not understand,
so he motioned to the vacant

chair and invited her to sit down.

He tried to speak to her

in English, but she did not

speak his language. Ole even tried

to speak to her in Norwegian,
but she did not understand

that language, either.

After a couple of minutes of

trying to communicate with her,
he took a napkin, drew a picture

of a wine glass and showed it to her.
She nodded, so he ordered

a glass of wine for 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 the bistro and

found a quiet cafe that featured

a small group playing romantic music.

They ordered dinner, after which

he took another napkin and drew

a picture of a couple dancing.

She nodded, and they got up to dance.
They danced 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

a four-poster bed.

To this day, Ole has

no idea how she figured out

he was in the furniture business.