Three Igbos On A Train

Three Igbo men and three Yoruba men were traveling by train on a business trip. At the station, the three Yoruba men bought a ticket each, and watched as the three Igbo men bought only a single ticket. When one Yoruba man asked, "How are three of you going to travel on only one ticket?" One Igbo man replied, "You just watch and you'll see." After they all boarded the train, the Yoruba men took their respective seats but all the three Igbo men crammed into a bathroom and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train had departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the bathroom door and said, "Ticket, 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 Yoruba men saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the trip, the Yoruba men decided to copy the Igbo men on their return trip and save some money. When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for their return trip. To their astonishment, the Igbo men didn’t buy any ticket at all. And when one perplexed Yoruba man asked, "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" One Igbo man responded, “You just watch and you'll see." After they boarded the train, the three Yoruba men crammed into a bathroom and the three Igbo men also crammed into another one nearby. Shortly after the train had departed, one of the Igbo men left their bathroom, walked over to the bathroom where the Yoruba men were hiding, knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please."