An elderly English gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his flight bag.<br /><br />"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked, sarcastically.<br /><br />The gent admitted he had been to France previously.<br /><br />"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."<br /><br />The gent said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." <br /><br /><br />"Impossible. English Men always have to show your passports on arrival in France!"<br /><br />The English senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. <br /> "Well, when I came ashore at Gold Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to."