01-18-2010, 04:04 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Ray and Bubba
Two 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. Ray shook his head and laughed. 'Ain't that just like a woman! We ask for the height and she gives us the length!'
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01-18-2010, 05:00 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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ha, nice.
we were taught to measure the height of something with a ruler and a pencil in 8th grade math. i forgot long ago, seeing how i never used it.
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