"oh, you know," she said. "the kind that you wear on your wrist."
her husband asked, "i wonder what would be the right color for such an event?"
she replied, "i want white."
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blackboard
a friend of mine used to operate a government laboratory and needed to have a blackboard installed. he called the maintenance department, located at a different facility, to come out and hang the blackboard. the maintenance folks said they'd be out in a few days to take on the task.
several days later, three maintenance workers arrived at the laboratory. the looked at the blackboard and then at the wall where it was slated to go. they gave my friend an estimate for doing the job and then left. the blackboard was still not on the wall.
my friend's father had been in charge of the maintenance department several years previous so my friend called him. "dad," he said, "can you tell me why it takes three government workers to come out to my lab just to give me an estimate for hanging a blackboard."
"the answer is easy, son."
"what is it?"
"they couldn't get four guys in the front seat of the pickup truck."