One day, Jim and Ed were on the job with the Public Works Department. Jim would dig a hole and Ed would follow behind, filling in the hole. Up and down the street they went, block after block, with Jim digging a hole and Ed immediately filling it in. Finally a local resident, after watching Jim and Ed do this in front of her house, asked Jim what was going on. "Oh, I know it looks funny," Jim said, "but you see, the guy who plants the trees called in sick today."

I'm surprised the union didn't send Jim and Ed home with pay :eek: .

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