Three Canadians and three Americans are traveling by train to the Canada/US Gold medal hockey game in Salt Lake City. At the Buffalo train station, the three Americans each buy tickets and watch as the three Canadians buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks an American.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a Canadian.
They all board the train. The Americans take their respective seats but all three Canadians cram into a bathroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around
collecting tickets. He knocks on the bathroom 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 Americans see this and agree it was quite a clever idea.
So after Canada wins the Gold medal, they decide to
copy the Canadians on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that).
When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Canadians don't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed American.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a Canadian. When they board the train back to Buffalo the three Americans cram into a bathroom and the three Canadians cram into another bathroom nearby. Once the train leaves the station, one of the Canadians leaves and walks over to the bathroom where
the Americans are hiding, knocks on the door and says,
"Ticket, please." |
