Excessive Idealism

Otba
Jan 3, 2025

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Note: The purpose of the story is not to encourage or support smoking

A man entered the smoking room at an airport to smoke a cigarette before his flight.

When he exited the room, a man asked him:

“How many cigarettes do you smoke in a day?”

The smoker replied: “What is the reason for this question?”

The man said: “If you gathered all the money you spent on those cigarettes, that plane on the runway would belong to you.”

The smoker asked: “Do you smoke?”

The man replied: “No.”

The smoker then asked: “Do you own that plane?”

The man said: “No.”

The smoker responded: “Thank you for the advice, sir. I smoke and that plane is mine.”

The smoker is the English billionaire “Richard Branson.”

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Otba
Otba

Written by Otba

Writer, poet, translator, member of international literary associations and activist

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