A young soldier and his commanding officer board
a train headed through the mountains of
Switzerland. They can’t find a place to sit
accept for two seats right across the aisle from
a young woman and her grandmother.
After a while, it is obvious that the young woman
and the young soldier are interested in each
because they are giving each other “looks.”
Soon the train passes into a tunnel and it is
pitch black. There is a sound of the smack of a
kiss followed by the sound of the smack of a slap.
When the train emerges from the tunnel, the four
sit there without saying a word.
The grandmother is thinking to herself: “It was
very brash for that young soldier to kiss my
granddaughter, but I’m glad she slapped him.”
The commanding officer is setting there thinking:
“I didn’t know the young soldier was brave enough
to kiss the girl, but I sure wish she hadn’t
missed him when she slapped and hit me!”
The young woman was sitting and thinking: “I’m
glad the soldier kissed me, but I wish my
grandmother had not slapped him!”
The young soldier sat there with a satisfied
smile on his face. He thought to himself:
“Life is good. When does a fellow have the
chance to kiss a beautiful girl and slap his
commanding officer all at the same time!”
