TELEPHONE
LINEMAN
The telephone lineman had been out drinking
the night before and the next day he went to work not feeling to good. At the first pole
that he had to work on, he climbed to the top and as he took his pliers out to repair the
wire he dropped it. So, he had to climb all the way down to retrieve it.
As he got to the bottom of the pole and was
picking up his pliers, a small boy was there.
He said to the lineman, "My daddy is a
lineman to and he would have had two pair of pliers, so he wouldn't have to climb down the
pole after the pliers that you dropped."
The lineman tried to ignore the boy and
climbed back up the pole very slowly. About this time he needed a hammer to drive in a
large nail, and as he was taking it out, it slipped and fell to the ground. Again he had
to climb down the pole to retrieve it.
When he climbed down the pole, sure enough
the little boy was there.
"My daddy is a lineman and he would
have carried two hammers so if he had lost one he wouldn't have to climb down,"
said the youngster.
This irritated the lineman, but he ignored
the boy and climbed back up the pole to finish his work. He was no sooner up the pole when
he had to go to the bathroom. So down he climbs from the pole and goes over to the brushes
to take a leak.
As he was going he saw the little boy
watching him through the brushes.
He had had it and says to the boy,
"I'll bet your dad doesn't have two of these does he?"
The boy replied, "No, but his would
make two of yours!"
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