Good Morning!, something light to start Friday with.....
A Newfie decides to travel across Canada to see the Pacific > Ocean. When he gets to Nanaimo, he likes the place so much that he > decides to stay. But first he must find a job. > > He walks into the MacMillan-Bloedel office and fills out an > application as an 'experienced' logger. It's his lucky day. They just > happen to be looking for someone. But first, the bush foreman takes him > for a ride in the bush in the company pickup truck to see how much he > knows. The foreman stops the truck on the side of the road and points > at a tree. > > "See that tree over there? I want you to tell me what species it > is and how many board feet of lumber it contains." > > The Newfie promptly answers, "It's a citrus spruce and contains > 383 board feet of lumber." > > The foreman is impressed. He puts the truck in motion and stops > again about a mile down the road. He points at another tree through the > passenger door window. and asks the same question. This time, it's a > bigger tree of a different class. > > "It's a Douglas fir and has 690 board feet." says the Newfie. > > Now the foreman is really impressed. The Newfie has answered > quickly and got the answers right without even using a calculator! One > more test. They drive a little farther down the road, and the foreman > stops again. This time, he points across the road through his driver > side window. > > "And what about that one?" > > Before the foreman finishes pointing, the Newfie says, "A cedar, > 242 board feet." > > The foreman spins the truck around and heads back to the office. > He's a little ****ed off because he thinks that the Newfie is smarter > than he. As they near the office, the foreman stops the truck and asks > the Newfie to step outside. > > He hands him a piece of chalk and tells him, "See that tree over > there. I want you to mark an X on the front of that tree." > > The foreman thinks to himself, "Idiot! How does he know which is > the front of the tree?" > > When the Newfie reaches the tree, he goes around it in a circle > while looking at the ground. He then reaches up and places a white X on > the trunk. He runs back to the foreman and hands him the chalk. > > "That is the front of the tree," the Newfie states, cocksure. > > The foreman laughs to himself and asks sarcastically, "How in the > hell do you know that's the front of the tree?" > > The Newfie looks down at this feet, while moving the toe of his > left boot clockwise in the gravel, replies, "Cuz someone took a crap > behind it." > > He got the job. >
Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :
I suppose this would be funny IF you would explain what a "Newfie" is As most jokes are always at SOMEONE ELSES expence It wouldn't be a signmaker?
[ October 24, 2003, 07:05 AM: Message edited by: PKing ]
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Pat, newfie is a nick for someone from Newfoundland.
Guess where Neil is from?
Good one Neil! Thanks for the chuckle to start the day.
TGIF! Nettie
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Pat, I'm a "Newfie". A Newfoundlander! There's no one else who enjoys a "Newfie" Joke more than a Newfoundlander, as long as it's been told by a "Newfie" lol.
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
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