Groaning Oldies

From Friar's Club Encyclopedia of Jokes by Barry Dougherty.

Paul Putney had planned a trip to Paris for a very long time, and the day after his retirement, he was on a plane. When he returned, his old friend Herb met him at the airport, and asked, “Well, Paul, how was Paris?”

“Oh, it was fine,” replied the weary traveler, “but I wish I’d gone twenty years ago.”

“When Paris was really Paris, eh?” said Herb, sympathetically.

“No,” he admitted, “when Paul Putney was really Paul Putney.”