Muphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decides to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he heads off to Paris.
After a satisfactory week of negotiations, he decides to visit a crowded small bistro and have a glass of wine.
As he sits enjoying himself, a beautiful young Parisian girl comes to his table and asks if she may use the spare chair, as there is nowhere else to sit.
Murphy doesn’t speak a word of French but understands by her gestures, and invites her to join him.
That being the extent of Murphy’s sign language, they soon revert to drawing on a napkin to communicate. He draws a picture of a glass of wine and shows it to her. She nods, so he orders a glass of wine for her. That goes so well that he soon draws a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nods. They leave the bistro and find a quiet cafe that features a small group playing romantic music.
They order dinner, after which he takes another napkin and draws a picture of a couple dancing.
She nods and they get up to dance. They dance until the cafe closes and the band is packing up. Back at their table the young lady takes a napkin and draws a picture of a four-poster bed.
To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out he was in the furniture business!
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