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Date: | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:57:37 -0400 |
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Now, if only Apple made more accessible stuff.
Peter
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> Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees
> are traveling by train to a conference. At the station,
> the three Microsoft employees each buy tickets and
> watch as the three Apple engineers buy only a single
> ticket.
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> "How are three people going to travel on only one
> ticket?' asks a Microsoft employee. "Watch and you'll
> see," answers the Apple engineer.
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> They all board the train. The Microsoft employees
> take their respective seats but all three Apple engineers
> cram into a restroom and close the door behind them.
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> 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.
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> The Microsoft employees saw this and agreed it was
> quite a clever idea.
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> So after the conference, the Microsoft employees
> decide to copy the Apple engineers 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 Apple engineers don't buy a ticket at all.
>
> "How are you going to travel without a ticket says one
> perplexed Microsoft employee.
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> "Watch and you'll see," answers an Apple engineer.
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> When they board the train the three Microsoft
> employees cram into a restroom and the three Apple
> engineers cram into another one nearby. The train
> departs. Shortly afterward, one of the Apple engineers
> leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom
> where the Microsoft employees are hiding.
>
> He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please...
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>Tim & Muriel Rodgers
>Capecod,MA
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