Colorado Belle
08-12-2007, 10:46 PM
Subject:The Train Ticket
Three women and three men are traveling by train to
> a football game.
> At the station, the three men each buy a ticket and
> watch as the three women buy just one ticket.
>
> "How are the three of you going to travel on only
> one ticket?" asks one of the men.
>
> "Watch and learn," answers one of the women. They
> all board the train. The three men take their
> respective seats but all three women cram into a
> toilet together and close the door. Shortly after
> the train has departed, the conductor comes around
> collecting tickets.
>
> He knocks on the toilet door and says, "Ticket,
> please!" The door opens just a crack and a single
> arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor
> takes it and moves on.
>
> The men see this happen and agree it was quite a
> clever idea.
>
> After the game, they decide to do the same thing on
> the return trip and save some money. When they get
> to the station they buy a single ticket for the
> return trip but see, to their astonishment, that the
> three women don't buy any ticket at all!!
>
> "How are you going to travel without a ticket?"
> asks one perplexed man.
>
> "Watch and learn," answer the women.
>
> When they board the train, the three men cram
> themselves into a toilet, andthe three women cram
> into another toilet just down the aisle.
>
> Shortly after the train is on its way, one of the
> women leaves the toilet and walks over to the toilet
> in which the men are hiding. The woman knocks on
> their door and says,"Ticket, please."
>
> I'm still trying to figure out why men ever think
> they have a chance.
Three women and three men are traveling by train to
> a football game.
> At the station, the three men each buy a ticket and
> watch as the three women buy just one ticket.
>
> "How are the three of you going to travel on only
> one ticket?" asks one of the men.
>
> "Watch and learn," answers one of the women. They
> all board the train. The three men take their
> respective seats but all three women cram into a
> toilet together and close the door. Shortly after
> the train has departed, the conductor comes around
> collecting tickets.
>
> He knocks on the toilet door and says, "Ticket,
> please!" The door opens just a crack and a single
> arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor
> takes it and moves on.
>
> The men see this happen and agree it was quite a
> clever idea.
>
> After the game, they decide to do the same thing on
> the return trip and save some money. When they get
> to the station they buy a single ticket for the
> return trip but see, to their astonishment, that the
> three women don't buy any ticket at all!!
>
> "How are you going to travel without a ticket?"
> asks one perplexed man.
>
> "Watch and learn," answer the women.
>
> When they board the train, the three men cram
> themselves into a toilet, andthe three women cram
> into another toilet just down the aisle.
>
> Shortly after the train is on its way, one of the
> women leaves the toilet and walks over to the toilet
> in which the men are hiding. The woman knocks on
> their door and says,"Ticket, please."
>
> I'm still trying to figure out why men ever think
> they have a chance.