Poles?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:07 amA foreman sent out two groups of men to put up telephone poles along a new road and asked them to report at the end of the day.
The crews were gone all day and returned just as the sun was setting.
The foreman asked the leader of the first group how many poles they had installed.
The reply was eleven.
The foreman patted the man on the back and said, "Not bad."
Then he went to Paddy, leader of the second group, and asked him the same question.
Two was the reply.
"Two! All you installed were two?! The other group installed eleven!" The foreman exclaimed angrily.
"Yes," Paddy answered,
The crews were gone all day and returned just as the sun was setting.
The foreman asked the leader of the first group how many poles they had installed.
The reply was eleven.
The foreman patted the man on the back and said, "Not bad."
Then he went to Paddy, leader of the second group, and asked him the same question.
Two was the reply.
"Two! All you installed were two?! The other group installed eleven!" The foreman exclaimed angrily.
"Yes," Paddy answered,
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