Five Englishmen boarded a train just behind five Scots, who, as a group had
only purchased one ticket. Just before the conductor came through, all the
Scots piled into the toilet stall at the back of the car. As the conductor
passed the stall, he knocked and called Tickets, please! and one of the
Scots slid a ticket under the door. It was punched, pushed back under the
door, and when it was safe all the Scots came out and took their seats.
The Englishmen were tremendously impressed by the Scots' ingenuity.
On the trip back, the five Englishmen decided to try this themselves and
purchased only one ticket. They noticed that, oddly, the Scots had not
purchased any tickets this time. Anyway, again, just before the conductor
came through, the Scots piled into one of the toilet stalls, the Englishmen
into the other. Then one of the Scots leaned out, knocked on the
Englishmen's stall and called Ticket, Please! When the ticket slid out
under the door, he picked it up and quickly closed the door.
Britishers are too smart. Aren't they??
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