Train Delay
A frustrated passenger by the train tracks gets a technically-true explanation of a delay that only 'began' 15 minutes after departure.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-10-28-train-delay/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Conductor: "Sorry, the train is experiencing a 5-minute delay."
Passenger: "But we've been waiting 20 minutes!"
Conductor: "Well, the delay was unanticipated, and didn't begin until 15 minutes after departure time."