train journey

Rabies · 02-05-2002 9:10am #1

Three Irishmen and three Englishmen were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three Englishmen each bought tickets and watched as the three Irishmen bought only a single ticket. How are three people going to travel on only one ticket asked an Englishman? Watch and you'll see, answered the Irishmen. They all boarded the train. The Englishmen took their respective seats but all three Irishmen crammed 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 Englishmen saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the Englishmen decided to copy the Irishmen (as they always do) 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 Irishmen didn't buy a ticket at all. How are you going to travel without a ticket? asked one perplexed Englishman. Watch and you'll see, answered one of the Irishmen. When they boarded the train the three Englishmen crammed into a restroom and the three Irishmen crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Immediately afterward (before the conductor made his rounds), one of the Irishmen left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the Englishmen were hiding. He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please..."