Tom and Timothy were in the same regiment in the army. They were inseparable
and spent their evenings drinking together. After retirement, they went to different
states and settled. However, they kept correspondence through letters and e-mails. To
keep the memory of their boozing bouts alive, Tom always filled two glasses with rum
and water and sipped from each alternately! When somebody asked him why he did
so, he explained: “This glass is Timothy’s; this one is mine. So I take a sip from each –
one on behalf of Timothy, the other for myself.” Suddenly one evening Tom was seen
with only one glass on his table. He was asked what had happened. He replied, “You
see, I have given up drinking but Timothy has written that he has not. So I have put
away my glass and drink only on behalf of my friend.”