elevator or lift?

[amanbhai]

An American visiting england walked into a hotle lobby& pushed a button or elevator service."The lift will be down presently,said a nearby clerk.
"The lift?said the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No, I mean the lift," replied the Englishman, annoyed by the American's arrongance.
"I think I sould know what it's called,"said the American."After all,the elevators were invente in the United states."
"Perhaps, " reported the Englishman."But the language was invented here."

 

[Rob Nix]

Related to elevators (or lifts), I liked this one:

A little boy and his father were visiting a mall for the first time.
They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially
by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together
again. The boy asked his father "What is this, Father?"

The father (never having seen an elevator) responded "Son, I
have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is.

While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady
in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button.
The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room.

The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles
of lights with numbers above the walls light up. They continued to
watch the circles light up in the reverse direction.

The walls opened up again, and a beautiful 24 year-old woman stepped
out. The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said
quietly to his son, "Go get your Mother".

 

[tazng00se]

The only one I can remember (is short)...

This guy's in the rear of a full elevator and he shouts, "Ballroom please." A lady standing in front of him turns around and says, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was crowding you."