| Ticket Please |
| One morning, three Southerners and three Yankees were in the ticket line at a train station. The three Northerners each bought a ticket and watched as the three Southerners bought only one ticket. “How can the three of you travel on only one ticket?” asked one of the Yankees. “Watch and learn,” answered one of the boys from the South. All six boarded the train where the three Yankees sat down, but the three Southerners crammed into a toilet together and closed the door. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around to collect tickets. He knocked on the toilet door and said, “Ticket, please.” The door opened just a crack and a single ticket emerged. The conductor took it and moved on. The Yankees saw this happen and agreed it was quite a clever idea. Indeed, so clever they decided to do the same thing on the return trip and save some money. That afternoon when they got back to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip and watched in astonishment while the three Southerners didn't buy even one ticket. “How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asked one of the perplexed Yankees. “Watch and learn,” answered the Southerners in unison. When they boarded the train, the three Northerners crammed themselves into a toilet and the three Southerners crammed into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train began to move, one of the Southerners left their toilet and walked over to the toilet in which the Yankees were hiding. The Southerner knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please.” We’re still wondering how it was the Yankees that won that war. |
| From station affiliate WBOB in Danbury |
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