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On a train to a large computer convention there were a bunch of computer
programmers and a bunch of computer engineers. Each of the engineers had a
train ticket. The group of programmers had only ONE ticket for all of them.
The engineers started laughing, figuring the programmers were going to get
caught and thrown off the train. When one of the programmers, the lookout
said "here comes the conductor", all of the programmers went into the bathroom.
The engineers were puzzled.
The conductor came aboard, said "tickets please" and got tickets from all the
computer engineers. He then went to the bathroom and knocked on the door and
said "ticket please". The programmers stuck the ticket under the door. The
conductor took it and moved on. A few minutes later the programmers came out
of the bathroom. The computer engineers felt really stupid.
On the way back from the convention, the group of engineers decided that they
would try that method, too. They bought one ticket for the whole group. They
met up with the programmers in the same car.
Again, the engineers started snickering at the programmers. This time NONE of
the programmers had tickets. When the lookout said "Conductor coming!",
all the engineers went to one bathroom and all the computer programmers went
to the other bathroom.
Before the conductor came on board, one of the programmers left their
bathroom, knocked on the engineers bathroom, and said "ticket please."
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