Boarding a train, Nasrudin was asked for his ticket by the conductor. Nasrudin looked through his pants pockets, but he couldn’t find it. “One moment,” he said. “I know I brought it.”
He searched his bag, and still couldn’t find it. He searched the floor around him, and the missing ticket still eluded him. He even looked in his socks, but alas, the ticket was not found.
Watching this the conductor asked, “Why don’t you check that pocket on your shirt? That’s usually where people put their ticket.”
“Oh, I can’t look there,” Nasrudin replied. “Why not?” the conductor asked.
Nasrudin explained, “Because if I do, and find out it’s not there, then I’d have no hope at all of finding it!”