Our story starts a few years ago, as a train is speeding along through the city. Four people sit in one of its compartments: A beautiful, vivacious young woman, an old, matronly woman, a rich man and his servant. Suddenly, the train goes through a tunnel. It is completely dark. Then a loud kiss and an equally powerful slap are heard. When the train exits the tunnel, the rich man is holding the side of his face in agony, while the poor man is grinning uncontrollably. The old matronly woman thinks: "Now that's a fine young woman, the man tries to steal a kiss in the tunnel and the lady slaps him one – and rightly so!" The young woman thinks: "Now that's a strange man - he'd rather kiss that old hag than me." The rich man thinks: "Now that's a servant for you, he steals a kiss and I’m the one who gets slapped!" The servant is thinking: "Good, soon we'll be entering another tunnel, I'll kiss the back of my hand again and slap my boss!”

A woman visits her husband in prison. They have a long talk, and then the guard tells them their time is over. The woman gets up to leave, but before she reaches the door, she turns to the correction officer: "You shouldn't make my husband work so hard, he's exhausted!" The officer laughs: "Work? Ma'am, all he does is eat, sleep, and sit in his cell. He doesn't even go outside in the yard!" "Don't you lie to me!" Said the wife hotly, "He just told me he's been digging a tunnel every day for months!"