Bubba and Ray
(Tennessee mechanical engineers)
were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
 
"Were supposed to find the height of the flagpole," said Bubba, "but we dont have a ladder."

The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a few bolts, and laid the pole down.  Then she took a tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement, announced, "Eighteen feet, six inches," and walked away.


Ray shook his head and laughed. "Aint that just like a woman! We ask for the height and she gives us the length!"
Bubba and Ray are currently doing government work supervising the reconstruction of the New Orleans levees.