Diplomat, Banker, Businessman & The Lawyer A Russian diplomat, a Swiss banker, an American businessman and an American lawyer are all in a train compartment together. All are wealthy-looking, and it doesn't take long before they start eyeing each other competitively. Pretty soon the Russian diplomat, trying to look casual, opens his overnight bag and pulls out a very expensive looking bottle of vodka. He takes a slug, opens the window, and tosses the rest out. He looks at the surprised faces of the others and says, "In Russia, we have so much vodka, we can just throw it out the window." The Swiss banker keeps a poker face but is clearly forming a plan. After waiting what he thinks is a sufficiently relaxed period of time, he stretches, yawns, thrusts out his left wrist, looks at his fine watch, notes the time, and then throws the watch out the window. "In Switzerland," he informs, "we have so many watches that we can throw them out after using them only once." The American businessman, not to be outdone, gets to his feet and heaves the lawyer out of the window.