Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!nathanm From: nathanm@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Mild Ethnic Message-ID: <7300005@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-May-84 20:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.7300005 Posted: Tue May 15 20:42:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 21-May-84 06:21:46 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 67 Nf-ID: #N:hpcvre:7300005:000:994 Nf-From: hpcvre!nathanm May 15 16:42:00 1984 This is meant to be told, not read. Back in the days when the railroads were still being hooked up, a foreman on a work crew one day faced the task of assigning jobs to his three workers: a gigantic Swede, an average-sized Italian and a small Chinese. The task at hand was to bring a car full of coal up a hill for delivery to another work crew. Pondering the personnel problem, he told the Swede: "You push the car up to the top of the hill." The Swede was built for the task, so it was a reasonable assignment. He told the Italian, "You unload the coal." No problem. What to do with the Chinese? "You'll be in charge of supplies." The work began. They got to the top of the hill. The Italian needed a shovel and went to ask the Chinese to find one. The Chinese was nowhere to be found. The Italian searched all over. Suddenly, the Chinese jumped out from behind a tree and shouted.... SUPLISE!!!!! ---------- Nathan Meyers hp-pcd!nathanm