SUBJECT: FW: SOUTHERN INGENUITY > > SOUTHERN INGENUITY > > ONE MORNING 3 ALABAMA GOOD OLD BOYS AND 3 YANKEES WERE IN A TICKET > > LINE AT THE BIRMINGHAM TRAIN STATION HEADING TO ATLANTA FOR A BIG > > FOOTBALL GAME. > > > > THE 3 NORTHERNERS EACH BOUGHT A TICKET AND WATCHED AS THE 3 > > SOUTHERNERS BOUGHT JUST ONE TICKET AMONG THEM. > > "HOW ARE THE 3 OF YOU GOING TO TRAVEL ON ONE 1 TICKET?" ASKED ONE OF > > THE YANKEES. > > > > "WATCH AND LEARN" ANSWERED ONE OF THE BOYS FROM THE SOUTH. > > > > WHEN THE 6 TRAVELERS BOARDED THE TRAIN, THE 3 YANKEES SAT DOWN, BUT > > THE 3 SOUTHERNERS CRAMMED INTO A BATHROOM TOGETHER AND CLOSED THE > > DOOR. > > > > SHORTLY AFTER THE TRAIN DEPARTED, THE CONDUCTOR CAME AROUND TO > > COLLECT TICKETS. > > > > HE KNOCKED ON THE BATHROOM DOOR AND SAID, "TICKETS 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 YANKEES SAW THIS HAPPEN AND AGREED IT WAS QUITE A CLEVER IDEA. > > INDEED, SO CLEVER THAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THE SAME THING ON THE > > RETURN TRIP AND SAVE SOME MONEY. > > > > THAT EVENING AFTER THE GAME WHEN THEY GOT TO THE ATLANTA TRAIN > > STATION, THEY BOUGHT A SINGLE TICKET FOR THE RETURN TRIP WHILE TO > > THEIR ASTONISHMENT THE 3 SOUTHERNERS DIDN'T BUY EVEN 1 TICKET. > > "HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TRAVEL WITHOUT A TICKET?" ASKED ONE OF THE > > PERPLEXED YANKEES. > > > > "WATCH AND LEARN", ANSWERED ONE OF THE SOUTHERN BOYS. > > > > WHEN THEY BOARDED THE TRAIN THE 3 NORTHERNERS CRAMMED THEMSELVES > > INTO A BATHROOM AND THE 3 SOUTHERNERS CRAMMED THEMSELVES INTO THE > > OTHER BATHROOM ACROSS FROM IT. > > SHORTLY AFTER THE TRAIN BEGAN TO MOVE, ONE OF THE SOUTHERNERS LEFT > > THEIR BATHROOM AND WALKED QUIETLY OVER TO THE YANKEE'S BATHROOM. HE > > KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SAID "TICKET PLEASE". > > THERE'S JUST NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH TO EXPLAIN HOW THE YANKEES > > WON THE WAR... > >
