The foyer

An American decided to pack up his belongings and move to a lovely house in Northern Scotland. He sent everything on ahead, but he wanted to be there in person to direct the movers. A month later he arrived at his lovely new home to find a large group of men standing around it, with his belongings piled on the lawn.

Angrily, he stomped up and demanded to know what was going on.

"Juss admirin' the foyer, lad", said an older local resident

It was a lovely foyer, yes, but we needed to get his belongings moved in NOW. The American picked up one of his precious decorative vases and started for the door. The man grabbed his arm, yelling "You can' go in ther', lad! What abou' the foyer?"

The American noted that this vase is indeed going to end up in the foyer, and would already be there if the locals weren't so damned lazy. The old man let him go and he stormed up to the front door, unlocked it, and was met with a face full of smoke and heat right before he was hit was a massive wall of water from behind.

After recovering from the shock on his own front lawn, the American was approached by the old man, who was laughing hysterically. In between gasps he managed to choked out "Lad, I tried tah warn ye abou' the foyer".