My mother sends me strange things...

[tygati]

Hummer & Bubba (Tennessee 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.

Bubba 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 Hummer are currently working for the government.

Comments

[fechan.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I carry wenches in my purse everyday!!
(I do carry measuring tape though so no comments on that... ^^; )

[aqua-eyes.livejournal.com]

what an organised women!

[anthraciteowl.livejournal.com]

Uh, counldn't she just have measured the shadow of the flagpole and the angle of elevation of the sun, then used trigonometry? That way she wouldn't have to take it apart.

[arinan.livejournal.com]

that's what I was thinking, but then she'd need a whatchamatcallit, the thing with the angles marked out and the string, or bubbles on the fancier ones.

[cobecat.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that I looked at that and thought "Oooh! You could do that with trigonometry!" ^_^''