The following is a true story. A man named Joe and his wife Evelyn waited in line to board a plane for Chicago. The gate attendant announced over the loud speaker: “Anyone under six or over sixty may now board.” People with children moved through the line and boarded the plane. A minute later, a man came up, obviously over 60.
When Joe and Evelyn eventually started to board the plane, they noticed that the man who claimed to be over 60 was waiting by the plane’s door. Evelyn asked him why he was standing there. He pointed to the waiting room and said, “My wife is still back there. She wouldn’t admit she’s over sixty – and she has the boarding passes.”
-Strangis, J., R.D. (adapted).
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