Ray and Bob, two Government maintenance guys, were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
"We're supposed to find the height of the flagpole", said Bob, "But we don't have a ladder."
The woman said, "Hand me that wrench out of your toolbox."
She loosened a few bolts, then laid the pole down.
She then took a tape measure from their toolbox, took a measurement and announced, "Eighteen feet, six inches" and walked away.
Ray shook his head and laughed. "Well, ain't that just like a 'Miss-know-it-all' woman?" he said. "We need the height and she gives us the length!"
Ray and Bob are still working for the Government.
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Now it looks a little more believable. The part that still doesn't look right is the engineers having a spanner or a toolbox, there was no fitter with them and no TA to carry the fitters shifting spanner, hammer and 3 different size chisels.Chuck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:21 am Ray and Bob, two Government maintenance guys engineers, were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
"We're supposed to find the height of the flagpole", said Bob, "But we don't have a ladder."
The woman said, "Hand me that wrench out of your toolbox."
She loosened a few bolts, then laid the pole down.
She then took a tape measure from their toolbox, took a measurement and announced, "Eighteen feet, six inches" and walked away.
Ray shook his head and laughed. "Well, ain't that just like a 'Miss-know-it-all' woman?" he said. "We need the height and she gives us the length!"
Ray and Bob are still working for the Government.

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ooooh thanks T1, reminded me to go an buy an new phillips head chisel today 

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Not still working for the gubberment, they are now the gubberment !
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I like T1's version much better than Chucks, sorry Chuck.
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supersparky wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:58 pm I like T1's version much better than Chucks, sorry Chuck.
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How can you tell

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