Saturday, September 6, 2003 |
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A
man wanted a job as a signalman on the railways. He was told to meet
the inspector at the signal box. The inspector asked, "What would
you do if you realise that two trains were heading for each other on
the same track?" He replied, "I would switch the points for
one of the trains." "What if the lever broke?" asked
the inspector. "Then I'd dash down out of the signal box,"
he said, "and I'd use the manual lever over there."
"What if that had been struck by lightning?"
"Then," he continued, "I'd run back into the signal box
and phone the next signal box." "What if the phone was
busy?" "Well in that case," persevered the candidate,
"I'd rush down out of the box and use the public emergency phone
at the level crossing up there." "What if that too is not
working?" "Oh, well then I'd run into town and get my
wife." This puzzled the inspector, so he asked, "Why would
you do that?" He answered, "Well, my wife has never seen a
train wreck!" |