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Peter Altschul <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:57:37 -0400
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Now, if only Apple made more accessible stuff.

Peter

>
>
>              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.
>
>              "How are three people going to travel on only one
>              ticket?' asks a Microsoft employee. "Watch and you'll
>              see," answers the Apple engineer.
>
>              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.
>
>              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 Microsoft employees saw this and agreed it was
>              quite a clever idea.
>
>              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.
>
>              "Watch and you'll see," answers an Apple engineer.
>
>              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...
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
_____
>Tim & Muriel Rodgers
>Capecod,MA
>
>
>






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