Rybka
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Editors & Poets
One morning, three editors and three poets were in a ticket counter line at a train station to go to a one day poetry conference. The three poets each bought a ticket and watched as the three editors bought just one ticket. "How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?" asked one of the poets.
"Watch and learn." answered one of the editors.
All six boarded the train where the three poets sat down, but the three editors 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 arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on.
The poets 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 evening when they got back to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip and watched, while to their astonishment, the three editors didn't buy even one ticket. "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asked a perplexed poet.
"Watch and learn," answered the three editors in unison. When they boarded the train, the three poets crammed themselves into a toilet and the three Editors crammed into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train began to move, one of the editors left their toilet and walked over to the toilet in which the poets were hiding.
The editor knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please."
One morning, three editors and three poets were in a ticket counter line at a train station to go to a one day poetry conference. The three poets each bought a ticket and watched as the three editors bought just one ticket. "How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?" asked one of the poets.
"Watch and learn." answered one of the editors.
All six boarded the train where the three poets sat down, but the three editors 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 arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on.
The poets 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 evening when they got back to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip and watched, while to their astonishment, the three editors didn't buy even one ticket. "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asked a perplexed poet.
"Watch and learn," answered the three editors in unison. When they boarded the train, the three poets crammed themselves into a toilet and the three Editors crammed into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train began to move, one of the editors left their toilet and walked over to the toilet in which the poets were hiding.
The editor knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please."