- TICKETS PLEASE -

one morning, three southerners & three yankees were in a ticket counter line at a train station - the three northerners each bought a ticket & watched as the three southerners bought just one ticket - "how are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?", asked one of the yankees

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"watch & 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 & closed the door - shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around to collect tickets - he knocked on the toilet door & said, "ticket, please" - the door opened just a crack & a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand - the conductor took it & moved on
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the yankees saw this happen & agreed it was quite a clever idea - indeed, so clever they decided to do the same thing on the return trip & save some money - that afternoon when they got back to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip & watched, while to their astonishment, as the three Southerners didn't buy even one ticket
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"how are you going to travel without a ticket?", asked one of the perplexed yankees - watch & learn", answered the three southern boys in unison - when they boarded the train, the three northerners crammed themselves into a toilet & 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 & walked over to the toilet in which the yankees were hiding - the southerner knocked on the door & said, "ticket, please"