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Riddle in a train

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A rich man gets on a train to go on a trip. Apparently he share his cabin with an old man

To pass the time the man decides to play a game with the old man.

"I will ask you a question and if you get it wrong, you have to pay me RM1 (thinking that the old man must be poor).

Then you ask me a question, any question... and if I get it wrong, you get RM10. You ask me a question first." The old man thinks for a while.

"I know. What has three legs, takes 3 hours to climb up a palm tree, and 12 seconds to get back down?"

The rich man is confused, he thinks long and hard about the question.

Finally, the train ride is coming to an end. As it pulls into the station, the rich man takes out 10 ringgits and gives it to the old man.

"I don't know. What has 3 legs, takes 3 hours to get up a palm tree and 12 seconds to get back down?"

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The old man takes the RM10 and puts it into his pocket. He then takes out RM1 and hands it to the rich man And said calmly, "I don't know."

/end

Lesson learnt
  • Do not get yourself in a bad deal (unless the rich man actually want to donate the money)
  • Never assume people are stupid just because they dressed poorly.
From a point of view, the rich man seems to underestimate the old man, thinking that he is supoerior than him. Never underestimate people, especially older generation. They may not know much about the internet and such, but their experience are priceless.

I seriously enjoy talking to older generation. And I have learnt so much from them. Like my grandmother, sometimes she told us her side of story during the Japanese Occupation in the 50s and how hard it is to live back then. But that is maybe in another post :)

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--------------Personal Note-------------
I remember when I was in form 5, I studied in Klang, so every Raya, we will book one coach of train especially for us. I'm not sure how it is now, but in those years there was no seat number.

You should know that travelling by train is very tiring due to its longer time so at one point, I got so tired of sitting, I went for a walk from coach to coach. I went not that long, and when I came back to my seat, the seat was already taken by a woman, with a crib hanging for her baby. How can I ask her to leave. heheh yes that fast. What I did, was to sit at the stairs (very dangerous) and "berangan" all the way home.

I'm thinking of going back to Kedah by train again. not this year.. booked already a flight ticket on the second raya :)

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Thursday, October 4, 2007 additional ideas