On the menu

From our Diplomacy Files.

Example 1
The location is a cafeteria somewhere in Germany, in a large office complex. In the line of workers queuing up for lunch is a group of folks from a North African country. As the first member of the group steps up to the counter, he talks to the server.
A few seconds later, the server turns around to the kitchen personnel behind her and hollers: "One muslim."
 

Example 2
The man sticks his head through the open door, waving a single sheet of paper.
I wonder if you could have a look at the menu, he starts, it's for the visit of the Turkish VIP and his wife.

Sure, answers his co-worker, taking the paper. He reads the menu, then asks: A high-ranking Turkish guest and his wife?

Yes.

The co-worker breaks into a big smile: The entree says Breast of Turkey. I think, you might get some very strange looks, especially from the ministry protocol folks.

Oh.

You really want to change that, maybe re-label it to chicken or whatever.

The final version of the menu simply stated "poultry", sans breast.