Flag pole

Ray & Bubba
(Alabama 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!'

Bubba and Ray are currently working for the government.