Train Slap

An Englishman, a Frenchman, a ravishing blonde, and an old lady are sharing a compartment on a train as it winds its way through the Alps. Every now and then the train passes through a tunnel, during which time the compartment is plunged into complete darkness. On one such occasion, a ringing slap is heard, and as the train passes back into daylight, the Frenchman is rubbing his sore, red cheek.

The old lady thinks, "I bet that dirty Frenchman fondled the blonde, and she struck the pervert."

The blonde thinks, "I bet that filthy Frenchman was looking to grope me in the dark, mistook the old lady for me, and she slapped him."

The Frenchman thinks, "I bet that perfidious Englishman touched up the blonde in the dark, and she slapped me by mistake."

The Englishman thinks, "I can't wait for another tunnel so I can slap that French twat again."

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This is a classic misdirection joke using stereotypes. The setup involves people in a train compartment and the slap after a tunnel of darkness. Each character interprets the event differently, playing on assumptions. The punchline reveals that the Englishman is the perpetrator and he did it on purpose, subverting expectations about who the slap was intended for and for what reason. The humor comes from the clash between the characters' assumptions and the actual events.

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