The inspector decides to give Santa a pop quiz, asking: 'What would you do if you realized that two trains were heading towards each other on the same track?'
Santa says: 'I would switch one train to another track.'
'What if the lever broke?' asks the inspector.
'Then I'd run down to the tracks and use the manual lever down there', answers Santa.
'What if that had been struck by lightning?' challenges the inspector.
'Then,' Santa continued, 'I'd run back up here and use the phone to call the next signal box.'
'What if the phone was busy?'
'In that case,' Santa argued, 'I'd run to the street level and use the public phone near the station'.
'What if that had been vandalized?'
'Oh well,' said Santa, 'in that case I would run into town and get my Uncle Bhalla'.
This puzzled the inspector, so he asked, 'Why would you do that?'
'Because he's never seen a train accident.'
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