Exact Time

"Hiring Standards"

In a small town in the US, there is a rather sizable
factory that hires only married men. Concerned
about this, a local woman called on the manager
and asked him, "Why is it you limit your employees
to married men? Is it because you think women
are weak, dumb, cantankerous... or what?"

"Not at all, Ma'am," the manager replied. "It is because
our employees are used to obeying orders, are
accustomed to being shoved around, know how to
keep their mouths shut and don't pout when I yell at them."

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"Exact Time"

Every morning for years, at about 11:30, the telephone
operator in a small Sierra-Nevada town received a call
from a man asking the exact time.

One day the operator summed up nerve enough to
ask him why the regularity.

"I'm foreman of the local sawmill," he explained. "Every
day I have to blow the whistle at noon so I call you to
get the exact time."

The operator giggled, "That's really funny," she said. "
All this time we've been setting our clock by your whistle.
Received on Mon Jul 16 07:21:58 2007