One morning three Alabama good old boys and three Yankees
>>>> were in a ticket line at the Birmingham train station
>>>> heading to Atlanta for a big football game.
>>>> >
>>>> > The three Northerners each bought a ticket and watched
>>>> as the three Southerners bought just one ticket between
>>>> them.
>>>> >
>>>> > "How are the three of you going to travel on only
>>>> one ticket?" asked one of the Yankees.
>>>> >
>>>> > "Watch and learn," answered one of the boys
>>>> from the South.
>>>> >
>>>> > When the six travelers boarded the train, the three
>>>> Yankees sat down, but the three Southerners crammed into a
>>>> bathroom together and closed the door.
>>>> >
>>>> > Shortly after the t rain departed, the conductor came
>>>> around to collect 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 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 three
>>>> Southerners didn't buy even one 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 three Northerners
>>>> crammed themselves into a bathroom and the three
>>>> 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.