[nilesfunnies] Fw: Faux Pas

Young Jeeves had just finished his course on being a gentleman's
gentleman when his instructor asked him whether there was anything that
he didn't understand or any questions he had to ask.

Well there is one thing that I don't quite understand. A lot has been
said about faux pas and savoir-faire and I don't quite know what the
difference is.

The easiest way to explain is to relate a story, replied the instructor.
As you will probably know Winston Churchill and Lady Aster both had a
passion for roses. One afternoon they were in the garden picking roses
when Winston pricked his finger on a rose thorn. It bled quite a bit and
they then went back to the house and bandaged it up. Later that evening
you are serving dinner, Lady Aster asks Winston, how's your prick? and
you carry on serving as if nothing has happened, well that is
savoir-faire. But when Winston replies It's still throbbing but it has
gone down a bit and you drop a bowl of soup in Lady Aster's lap, that is
what we call a faux pas.