Talking of language-learning, I like this sequence in my old German phrasebook:
The chambermaid never comes when I ring.
Are you the chambermaid?
Maybe the scenario goes like this:
Englishman rings bell.
Woman in black uniform and white apron arrives.
Englishman shrugs; she leaves.
He rings again. Woman comes back.
Englishman shrugs; she leaves.
He rings again. Woman comes back.
Irked, he says to her, “The chambermaid never comes when I ring.”
She leaves again. He rings again. Woman comes back.
(He, with dawning realization) “Are you the chambermaid?”
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