humor: Backwards

BACKWARDS

The other day a man who was named William Smith went to a police station. He wanted to get a license to drive a car. Behind the desk in the police station sat a police captain.

“I’d like to get a license to drive a car,” said Mr. Smith shyly.

“You have to fill in this card first,” said the captain, throwing a small white card in Mr. Smith’s direction, “Put your name at the top.”

“In ink?” asked Mr. Smith very politely.

“Of course, in ink,” said the captain. “Put your last name first and your first name last.” “How is that?” asked Smith.

“Write your name backwards. BACKWARDS!”

“Backwards?”

“That’s right. That’s just what I said.”

Slowly, carefully, Mr. Smith began to write his name. To the captain’s surprise, William Smith wrote his name this way: HTIMS MAILLIW.