Many, many years ago my parents were traveling on a scenic mountain train ride in Switzerland. The train traversed steep gorges with precipitous drops and a woman who shared the compartment with them seemed transfixed by the view. After a while she turned very pale and announced that she was going to be sick. My father hastily opened the window (this was back when train windows opened) and the woman stuck her head out and vomited. A short while later the conductor showed up to punch tickets and noticing that the window was open announced that there would be a 5 frank fee for cleaning the outside of the carriage. My father protested that the woman had thrown up out of the window out of consideration, had she vomited inside there would have been a bigger mess. Thats right, agreed the conductor, that would have been 10 franks!
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