An elderly British traveler found himself in a witty exchange at a Paris airport recently. As the 83-year-old gentleman searched through his bag for his passport, an impatient French immigration officer snapped, “You’ve been to France before – you should know to have your documents ready!”
With perfect comedic timing, the gentleman replied, “Actually, last time I visited, I didn’t need to show my passport at all.” When the officer insisted this was impossible, he delivered the knockout line: “Well, when I landed here on D-Day in 1944, there weren’t any French officials around to check it.”
The brilliant response combines historical significance with dry British humor, reminding us all that some comebacks are worth waiting a lifetime to deliver.
