3 JULY 2004, Page 27

Going f—ing native

From Mary Bruton Sir: Now that Iraq is safely sovereign, perhaps it is permissible to share this joke (from Texas) with your readers: two families moved from Pakistan to America. When they arrived the two fathers made a bet — in a year's time whichever family had become more American would win.

A year later they met again. The first man said, 'My son is playing little league baseball, I had McDonald's for breakfast and I'm on my way to pick up a case of Bud, how about you?' The second man replied, 'F— you, towelhead.'

Maly Bruton

London SW12