One day, a commissioner of highways noticed that Lopez was working by himself. He would dig a line of holes, then return and fill them in. Upon questioning, Lopez responded thusly, "Well, Carter he sick and stay home today, so I decide to come in and work, for paycheck."
I live in Huntsville, Alabama. Is this a true story? (With our local government it wouldn't surprise me if it were.)
It was starting day at the Tuna, Texas power company for two fledgling engineers. Bruce was from UT Austin--a Teasip. Gomer was from A&M--an Aggie.
The foreman gave the young'ns their first field assignments. "We got some new lines to put in, and we'll start today with the power poles. We got one stretch over on Lamar Road, and the other's out on Magnolia Chase. We got two crews waitin', and they got the maps and the drawings."
"Bruce, you take Lamar, and Gomer, you take Magnolia. Report back here by 5:30 so I can see how ya did."
The boys went on their way, and both returned at the appointed time to report on how they'd done.
"OK, Bruce, how'd ya do?"
"Well, we got about three quarters of a mile done, from 3rd Street to 9th. They're all ready for stringing."
"How 'bout you, Gomer?"
"Boss, we got most of the way from 16th to 17th Avenue."
"Gomer! How come Bruce got 7 blocks o' poles done and you didn't even get one?"
"Boss, did you see how much of the poles he left out of the ground?!"