Three women and three men travel by train to a rugby match. At the station, the three men each buy a ticket but the women buy just one."How are the three of you going to travel on one ticket?" asks one of the men.
"Watch and learn," they answer.
They all board the train. The three men take their seats but the three women cram into a toilet and close the door.
The train departs and the conductor comes round collecting tickets. He knocks on the toilet door and says: "Ticket, please." The door opens a crack, and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The men see this and agree it was a clever idea. So they decide to do the same thing on the return trip. When they get to the station they buy a single ticket but see, to their astonishment, that the three women don't buy any ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asks one perplexed man.
"Watch and learn," answer the women.
When they board the train, the men cram themselves into a toilet and the women cram into another one just down the way. Soon after the train departs, one woman leaves the toilet and walks over to where the men are, knocks on the door and says: "Ticket, please."
I'm still trying to figure out why men think they are smarter than women.
Change has come fast for previous members of the political elite. Ronnie Kasrils, former minister of intelligence, has told the Sunday Times that he intends writing spy novels for the rest of his days. That must be why Kasrils will no longer need his suits, which he was witnessed attempting to flog at a second-hand shop in Muizenberg a while ago. Kasrils was most indignant at the request from the shop owner that he furnish his ID - a requirement of the law, introduced by his own cabinet.
Kasrils is not the only one trawling second-hand shops. Former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool was seen on the Main Road drag in Plumstead, browsing for second-hand furniture. Since his eviction from official residence Leeuwenhof, it seems Rasool is trying his best to keep standards high.
An 18-year-old girl tells her mum she has missed her period for two months. Very worried, the mother buys a pregnancy test kit. The test result shows the girl is pregnant. Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother asks : "Who was the pig that did this to you? I want to know!"
The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half-an-hour later a Ferrari stops in front of their house. A mature and distinguished man with grey hair and impeccably dressed in an Armani suit steps out of the car and enters the house. He sits in the living room with the father and mother, and the girl.
He says: "Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem. I can't marry her because of my personal family situation but I'll take charge. I will pay all costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life. Additionally, if a girl is born I will bequeath her two retail stores, a townhouse, a beachfront villa and a R12m bank account. If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a R14m bank account. If it's twins, they will receive a factory and R12m each. However, if there is a miscarriage, I'm not really sure what to do. What do you suggest?"
At this point, the girl's father, who had remained silent, places a hand firmly on the man's shoulder and tells him: "Then you try again, boet."
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