TRAIN TICKET

Three Pakistanis and three Indians are travelling by train to a conference. At the station, the three Indians each buy tickets and watch as the three Pakistanis buy only a single ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks an Indian "Watch and you'll see," answers a Pakistani. They all board the train. The Indians take their respective seats but all three Pakistanis cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom 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 Indians saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the Indians decide to copy the Pakistanis 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 Pakistanis don't buy a ticket at all.

"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed Indian "Watch and you'll see," answers a Pakistani. When they board the train the three Indians cram into a restroom and the three Pakistanis cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the Pakistanis leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the Indians are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."