A German competitor was lost, and wanted directions to the Olympic village.  He was standing outside East Ham tube station when he saw two lads walking by so he stops them and asks,  ‘Entschuldigung, sprechen Sie Deutsch?” ‘
The two lads look at each other blankly and stare back at the German.
‘Excusez-moi, parlez vous Français?’ He tries.
The two continue to stare.
‘Parlare Italiano?’ Still absolutely no response from the two lads.
‘Hablan ustedes Espanol?’ The London lads remain totally silent.
The German Olympian walks off extremely disappointed and downhearted that he had not been understood.  One of the boys turns to the second and says, ‘You know, maybe we should learn a foreign language!’
‘Why?’ says the other, ‘That German guy knew four languages, and it didn’t do him any good!’
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