Bubba and Dale (Arkansas mechanical 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 Bubba, 'but we don't have a ladder.'
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a
few bolts, and laid the pole down. Then she took a
tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement,
announced, 'Eighteen feet, six inches,' and walked away.
Dale shook his head and laughed. 'Ain't that just like
a woman! We ask for the height and she gives us the length!'
Bubba and Dale are currently working for the government supervising the reconstruction of the New Orleans levees.
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 Bubba, 'but we don't have a ladder.'
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a
few bolts, and laid the pole down. Then she took a
tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement,
announced, 'Eighteen feet, six inches,' and walked away.
Dale shook his head and laughed. 'Ain't that just like
a woman! We ask for the height and she gives us the length!'
Bubba and Dale are currently working for the government supervising the reconstruction of the New Orleans levees.
