One way street

An Italian was once visiting New York City. He wished to take a walk in order to see the city, but he was afraid that he would get lost because he did not know a word of English. Therefore, after leaving his hotel, he stopped at the first corner and carefully copied in his notebook the name of the street on which his hotel was located. Then he walked on. Finally, however, he got lost. Some hours later he arrived at a police-station. After a good deal of confused conversation, an interpreter was called. The Italian explained to the interpreter that, although he didn’t konw the name of his hotel, he did know the street on which it was located. He then showed the interpreter what he had copied in his note book. The words which he had so carefully copied were “One Way Street”.

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