Community Magazine October 2014

92 Community Magazine First Class The plane is on its way to Houston when a woman in economy class gets up and moves to the first class section and sits down. The flight attendant watches her do this and asks to see her ticket. She then tells the lady that she paid for economy class and that she will have to sit in the back. “I’m going to Houston and I’m staying right here,” the lady insists. The flight attendant goes into the cockpit and tells the pilot and the co-pilot that there is a lady sitting in first class who belongs in economy and won’t move back to her seat. The co-pilot goes back to the woman and tries to explain that because she only paid for economy she will have to leave and return to her seat. Once again, the lady replies, “I’m going to Houston and I’m staying right here.” The co-pilot tells the pilot that he probably should have the police waiting when they land to arrest this woman who refuses to comply with the regulations. “No,” the pilot says, “I think I know how to take care of this.” He goes back to the woman and whispers something in her ear. “Oh, I’m sorry,” the lady says, and then immediately gets up and goes back to her seat in economy. The flight attendant and co-pilot are amazed, and ask the pilot what he said to make the lady change her mind so suddenly. “I told her, ‘First class isn’t going to Houston.’” Chanch E. LooLoo Expensive Hotel During my stay at an expensive hotel in New York City, I woke up in the middle of the night with an upset stomach. I called room service and ordered some soda crackers. When I looked at the charge slip, I was furious. I called room service and raged, “I know I’m in a luxury hotel, but $21.50 for six crackers is ridiculous!” “The crackers are complimentary,” the voice on the other end calmly explained. “I believe you are complaining about your room number.” Mike H. Over-sized Baggage A businessman was having a tough time fitting his lumpy, oversized travel bag onto the plane. Helped by a flight attendant, he finally managed to stuff the bag in the overhead travel compartment. “Do you always carry such heavy luggage?” the flight attendant asked. “No more,” the man said. “Next trip, I’m riding in the bag, and my partner can buy the ticket!” Alex L. Cruise Special Aman walks by a travel agency and notices a sign in the window, “Cruise Special - $99!” So he goes inside, lays his money on the counter and says, “I’d like the $99 cruise special, please.” The agent grabs him, drags him into the back room, ties him to a large inner tube, then drags him out the back door and downhill to the river, where he pushes him in and sends him floating. A second man comes by a few minutes later, sees the sign, goes inside, lays his money on the counter, and asks for the $99 special. He too is tied to an inner tube and sent floating down the river. Somehow drifting into stronger current, he eventually catches up with the first man. They float side by side for a while before the first man asks, “Do they serve refreshments on this cruise?” The second man replies, “They didn’t last year....” Clara E. Running Late “Hurry up!” I yelled to my niece. We were running late for the movies, and she hadn’t even gotten in the car. “It’s better to get there late than not at all,” she chided. “That’s great advice. Did your mother teach you that?” “No,’” she said. “That’s what the cop told Mommy last week when he pulled us over.” A. C. Riddle: Magician Junior Riddle: Label SUBMITTED BY: Nathan H. SUBMITTED BY: Ralph E. There was a famous magician who claimed to be able to throw a ping pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come to a complete stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball off any object, or tie anything to it. How could he perform this trick? Last Month’s Riddle: Sandwiches Joey opened a new deli and was asked howmany sandwiches he sold on the first day. He replied, “My first customer said, ‘I’ll buy half your sandwiches and half a sandwich more.’ My second and third said the same thing. When I had filled all three orders, I sold out of sandwiches without having to sell half of a sandwich.” How many sandwiches were sold in all? Solution: Seven. He sold 4 sandwiches to the first customer (half of seven is 3 ½ plus the other half = 4 sandwiches). 2 to the second person (half of the remaining 3 sandwiches = 1 1/2, plus the other half = 2 sandwiches). And 1 to the third (half of the remaining sandwich, plus the other half = 1 sandwich). Solved by: H Soleimani, Chani A., Jacob S. Cohen, Victor Grazi, Marc Sardar, Kesh, and Fay Chesir. One day, a man was late for work. He quickly got dressed and threw a shirt on in the dark. He had it on inside out with his right arm in the left sleeve, and his left arm in the right sleeve. Where was the label? Last Month’s Riddle: Paragraph This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching! Solution: The letter ‘e’, which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear in the paragraph. Solved by: Yosef Aaron Blum, Eliezer Blum, Esther Blum, Yael Blum, Daniela Blum, Rachelle Cohen, Yehudit Haber, Debbie Cohen, Chanaloo Q., Mouiz Alhalabi, Mayer Chemtob, Michal Chemtob, and Carol Tawil.