The UN sent out the following survey to everyone in the
world: "Please give us your honest opinion as to how to resolve the
problem of food shortage in the rest of the world." The survey resulted
in a miserable failure because--
The Latin Americans did not know what "please" means.
The Asians did not know what "honest" means.
The Eastern Europeans did not know what "opinion" means.
The Middle Eastern did not know what "resolve" means.
The Western European did not know what "shortage" means.
The Americans did not know what "the rest of the world" means
