A Canadian Phone Company was going to hire a team of telephone pole installers, and the boss had to choose between a team of two Wisconsinites and a team of two Minnesotans.

So the boss met with both teams and said: "Here's what we'll do. Each team will install poles out on the new road for a day. The team that installs the most phone poles gets the job".

Both teams headed right out.

At end of the shift, Reed and Sven, the Minnesotans, came back and the boss asked them how many they had installed.

They said that it was tough going, but they'd put in twelve.

Forty-five minutes later, Dale and Darryl, the two Wisconsinites came back and they were totally exhausted.

The boss asked, "Well, how many poles did you guys install?"

Dale, the team leader wiped his brow and sighed, "Darryl and me, we got three in."

The boss gasped, "Three? Those two Minnesota boys put in twelve!"

"Yeah," said Dale, "but you should see how much they left stickin' out of the ground!


Ken....