An old fellow from Southern countryside was travelling in a train.
A young man sitting next to him asked him, "Excuse me Sir, Could you please tell me what time is it?"
The old man kept quite.
The young man repeated his question. The old man was still quite. The young man kept on asking several times, but the old man won't budge.
Finally, the young man got angry, said, "What is wrong with you? I just want you to tell me the time..why are you so quite and unfriendly?"
The old man replied," Well if I tell you time, you will begin asking me my name, where I am from, what I do, stuff like that. I may have to ask you the similar questions as a matter of courtesy. As our conversations keep on going, we will get friendly. To show courtesy, I may have to invite you in my home and most likely you will follow me to my home. I have three beautiful young granddaughters in my home. You may fall in love with one of my granddaughters and wish to marry her. Now, you tell me, how can I let my granddaughter marry someone like you who does not even have a wrist watch?" |
