Episode 9: Counting Trolleys.
We are at the airport.
It’s Papaia’s turn to check in.
Assistant: Passports and tickets, please…
Papaia hands the documents to the assistant.
Assistant: How many bags do you have?
Papaia: Um… we haven’t counted them yet…
They count the bags.
Papaia: There should be … twenty!
Assistant: I’m sorry, but I can’t check in twenty bags for four people!
Papaia: We can pay the excess!
Assistant: Let me see your ticket; let’s see what I can do…
Papaia: Here you go…
The assistant starts typing on the computer. While they wait, the discussion about the book continues.
Banani: Hey Ravioli! Are you still reading that book? What’s the second fact?
Ravioli: I was just reading it! The second fact is that Jesus’ disciples were convinced that he had risen from the dead.
Banani: Couldn’t they have been a bit out of their minds from his death? After all, they had spent a lot of time together.
Ravioli: Maybe, but what matters is that they believed it was true. They preached it publicly and were willing to die for it.
Banani: And how do the experts deduce this?
Ravioli: It says here that Paul himself was a witness.
Banani: But Paul’s letters are part of the New Testament, which is full of errors!
Ravioli: Yet, almost all scholars agree that many of Paul’s letters are authentic. It seems Paul personally knew Jesus’ disciples.
Banani: If that’s true, we would have an eyewitness account regarding the disciples’ claims about Jesus.
Ravioli: That’s what the scholars think…
Igor: One day, I’ll write a book as an eyewitness. Indeed, in the history of aviation, there’s never been a trip as bungled as this one!