Two British sailors attended a church service in Stockholm. Not speaking a
word of Swedish, and not wishing to appear out of place, they sat behind an
important looking man. When he stood up or knelt down, they did the same. At the
end of the service, the pastor made what was evidently an announcement,
whereupon the man in front of the sailors rose to his feet, and they did
likewise - to a roar of laughter from the congregation.
As the sailors left the church, the pastor spoke to them in English, so they
asked him the reason for the laughter. "Oh!" he said, "I mentioned that next
Sunday morning there was to be a baptism... and would the father of the child
please stand up."