Tickets Please
Three Canadians and three Americans are
traveling by
train to a hockey game. At the station, the
three Americans
each buy tickets and watch as the three
Canadians buy only
a single ticket.
"How are the 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 the game, 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 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".
