telephone poles

[Eddie]

Telephone Pole installers
>> > There was a Midwestern phone company that was going to hire one team of
>> > telephone pole installers, and the boss had to choose between a team
>> > of
>> two
>> > Norwegian guys and a team of two Irish guys.
>> >
>> > So the boss met with both teams and said: "Here's what we'll do. Each
>> > team will be installing poles out on the new road for a day. The team
>> that
>> > installs the most phone poles gets the job."
>> >
>> > Both teams headed right out. At end of the shift, Pat and Mike, the
> Irish
>> > guys, came back and the boss asked them how many they had installed.
>> >
>> > They said that it was tough going, but they'd put in twelve.
>> >
>> > Forty-five minutes later, Ole and Sven, the Norwegian guys came back in
>> and
>> > they were totally exhausted. The boss asked, "Well, how many poles did
>> you
>> > guys install?"
>> >
>> > Ole, the team leader, wiped his brow and sighed, "Sven and me, we got
>> three
>> > in."
>> >
>> > The boss gasped, "Three? Those two Irish guys put in twelve!"
>> >
>> > "Yeah," said Ole, "but you should see how much they left stickin' out
>> > of
>> the
>> > ground!"
>> >