Two old men, Bob
and Alf, were
waiting in line outside a
stadium.
They were
waiting to get into a baseball
game.
They were both
poor and could not afford to watch the game from the best part of the
stadium.
They were in
line to get into the cheapest section where they would have to stand all the
time.
Baseball games
were the only pleasure they could afford, and they went to a game every week.
When they
reached the gate where a man was checking tickets, Bob showed his ticket and
was allowed inside the stadium.
Alf started
looking for his ticket.
He looked in his
trouser pockets.
He looked in his
jacket pockets.
He even looked
in his shirt pocket.
The man checking
the tickets became impatient.
“What’s that in
your mouth?” he asked.
“Ah!” Alf
exclaimed. “It’s my ticket. I knew I had it somewhere.”
He took the
chewed and soggy ticket out of his mouth and showed it to the man at the gate.
“OK, OK.” The
man at the gate said. “You can go in.”
When Alf was
inside the stadium, Bob said, “That was a stupid place to keep your ticket.”
“It wasn’t so
stupid,” Alf said. “I was chewing off last week’s date!”