Anwar, Shankar, and Raj were at a convention together
and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75-story skyscraper.
After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear that
the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have to climb
75 floors of stairs to get to their room.
Anwar said to Shankar and Raj, let’s break the monotony of this
unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting.
I’ll tell jokes for 25 floors, and Shankar can sing songs for 25 floors,
and Raj can tell sad stories the rest of the way.
At the 26th floor Anwar stopped telling jokes and Shankar began to sing.
At the 51st floor Shankar stopped singing and Raj began to tell sad stories.
“I will tell my saddest story first,” he said.
“I left the room key in the car!”