A truck with a load of soap was driving along a small road. All of a sudden the truck skidded and turned over. The entire load scattered on the road. The driver was angry, because he had to pick up all these bars of soap and put them in the truck again. In the end he had gathered them all but one. Where was that thousandth bar of soap?"

[Listener:] "I don't know."

"Neither do I. Hmm, that's perhaps a bit silly. Let me tell you something else. A man and a woman were Sitting In the train. The man carried an umbrella and the woman had a little lap dog. The little dog started to yap like mad all of a sudden. The man became extremely annoyed, but the woman didn't do a thing about it. At a certain point, the man was fed up with it. He stood up and threw the little dog right out of the window. The woman was furious, took the man's umbrella and threw it out of the window as well. At the next station they both got off. On the platform, they looked into the direction they came from. A short while later, they saw the dog come running. Guess what he had in his mouth?"

[Listener:] "Well, the umbrella ... ?"

"No, that thousandth bar of soap!"