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To: Jon Khymn who wrote (2)	10/23/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: Jon Khymn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24

> Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a > conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought > tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only a single ticket. "How > are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an > accountant. "Watch and you'll see," answered an engineer. > > They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective > seats, but all three engineers cramed into a restroom and closed the > door behind them. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around > collecting tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and > said, "Ticket, please." The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged > with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on. > > The accountants saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So > after the conference, the accountants decided to copy the > engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and > all that). When they got to the station, they bought a > single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers didn't > buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to travel without a > ticket?" said one perplexed accountant. "Watch and you'll see," answered an > engineer. > > When they boarded the train, the three accountants cramed into a > restroom and the three engineers cramed into another nearby. The > train departed. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and > walked over to the restroom where the accountants were > hiding. He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please." Message 397195