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From: "Reyno, Rick" <rick.reyno@boeing.com>
Subject: Blondes!
> > > A group of blondes in a class at West Virginia
University were given the assignment to measure the height of a flagpole. So
> > > > they went out to the flagpole with ladders and tape measures, and
they fell off the ladders, dropped the tape measures and pencils -- the
whole thing was just a mess.
An engineering student comes along and sees what they're trying to do.
He walks over, pulls the flagpole out of the ground, lays it flat, measures
it from end to end, and then gives the measurement to one of the blondes and
walks away.
> > > >
> > > > After the engineer had gone, one blonde turned to another and
laughed:
> > > "Isn't that just like a dumb engineer? We're looking for the height
and he gives us the length!"
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