Stories and News No. 1235 Once upon a time a German, a Belgian and a Turk . The fairy tale, or joke, could start like this. But I could also begin by saying: once upon a time a woman and two men . The story would not change. Because it hasn't changed so far and that's exactly the problem. The plot is simple and the story is short, very short, since it was narrated and consumed until the exhaustion of any listeners. Yet the ending is always the same: the seated men and the standing, appalled and understandably irritated woman, watching them once again. Because a lot of women are like that. They persist in not getting used to such scenarios and, in my humble opinion, they do more than good. However, our fairy tale, or joke, could have enjoyed many other developments, each of them preferable to the original. In one, the Belgian guy stands up and offers his seat to the woman, proving that gentlemen still exist, despite everything. In another, it is the Turk man who does the sa...