Two women sitting in the same compartment of an older train were locked in a heated argument over the window. One of them wanted it up and the other wanted it down.
In the end the conductor was called in to settle the dispute. Said one: “If the window is up, I won’t be able to breathe. I’ll suffocate.” Said the other: “If the window is down, I’ll catch my death of cold.” Understandably, the conductor was perplexed.
“Well now, I think the pair of them should be willing to compromise,” suggested a businessman who had been forced to spend the entire journey standing up. “Why don’t we first have the window up and suffocate No. 1, and then have it down to kill off No. 2? And after that perhaps we’ll all get some peace and quiet!”