I once worked for my school's summer programs and there was an association of mathematicians who were going to have their annual meeting at the school. The guy in charge had a question about the reception and we referred him to the proper person to handle his situation. This is what we heard . . .


"Hello!"

"Yes, this is ____ with the Association of ____ Mathematicians."

"Our reception is at 4 p.m. today and we had asked for a tray of fruit."

"I have since found out that not everybody likes fruit and so I thought maybe they would like cookies instead, because some people like fruit and some like cookies. Could we have a tray with both fruit and cookies so that those who like fruit can have fruit and those who like cookies can have cookies? This way those who don't like fruit can have cookies and those who don't like cookies can have fruit. Of course, there are some who don't mind either cookies or fruit. So those people can have both fruit and cookies.


Yes, I find this hilarious!