[449] in Humor
HUMOR: JoTD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Sep 13 21:27:23 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 21:23:44 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 11:59:51 -0600 (MDT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN%ARIES@VAXF.Colorado.EDU>
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Forwarded-by: bsaffo01@cad.vmss.gmeds.com (Brian H. Safford)
Heard this morning on the Dick Purtan radio show here in Detroit:
A farmer was sitting on his porch one afternoon, when a State Highway
Truck pulled up along side the road in front of his property. The driver
got out of the truck, walked to the grassy area next to the road, dug a
hole, then got back into the truck. A few minutes later a passenger in
the truck got out, walked to the hole, proceeded to fill it back in, and
then returned to the truck. The driver then moved the truck 50 feet up
the road, and the process repeated itself. This went on for the entire
stretch of road in front of the farmer's house.
The farmer, who was already a bit upset about the poor quality of the
road, couldn't believe his eyes. He stormed down to the truck, pounded
on the window, and demanded to know what was going on.
The driver replied, "We're part of a highway beautification project,
but the guy who plants the trees called in sick."
