Subject: Polish Lights
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 09:19:34 EST
"Poles & Poles"
aka "wanna tell me how to edit 'Polish' out of this joke?"
A group of Italians (or whatever) and a group
of Poles (Pollacks) heard that the telephone
company was looking for people so they went
and applied. The telephone company decided
to give them a test before hiring anyone so they
sent the teams out to install telephone poles.
At the end of the day they reported back on how
they had done. The Italian team had installed
10 telephone poles and the Polish team one.
The Italians were hired but the Polish team
protested that the Italians had cheated because
the Italians left most of the poles sticking out
of the ground.
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"Polish Lights"
Britain decided it was time to switch left lane
traffic to right lane traffic, as everywhere in
Europe.
So they gather to plan the whole thing and
nobody seems to come up with any viable
solution, so they send out some help-me
type faxes.
A couple of days later, answers come back.
The French fax read: "As your neighbors,
we are deeply touched you requested our
help," etc., etc., "but we have no idea at all
how to do it." {Sensitive as usual?}
The German fax read: "We are Germany,
the most organized country in Europe, but
we have not had this problem before, and
we do not know how to handle it." {Bragging
with bravado as usual?}
The Polish fax read: "As you know, we are
Poland, a country that has done a lot on
the path towards democracy and economic
resuscitation."
"We have a great deal of experience in
such transition processes. But, as to
overcome the inherent difficulties and to
avoid social problems, any and all transitions
must be done gradually."
"So, it is our proposal to handle the situation
in three big steps. The first year, it should be
mandatory only for the trucks to ride on the
right lane . . ."
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