jswordy
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A Yankee was visiting a large Southern town, and he was walking downtown near the county courthouse when he spotted an old hillbilly who was holding a long pole straight up and trying to get a flimsy measuring tape up to the top of it so he could measure it.
Shaking his head, the Yankee strode up and brusquely grabbed the pole and tape from the hillbilly's hands, laid it on the ground, slapped the measuring tape along it and declared, "TWELVE FEET!"
Self-satisfied, the Yankee handed the pole and tape back to the astonished hillbilly, who said, "You dumb Yankee! I wasn't trying to find out how long it is, I want to know how tall it is!"
Shaking his head, the Yankee strode up and brusquely grabbed the pole and tape from the hillbilly's hands, laid it on the ground, slapped the measuring tape along it and declared, "TWELVE FEET!"
Self-satisfied, the Yankee handed the pole and tape back to the astonished hillbilly, who said, "You dumb Yankee! I wasn't trying to find out how long it is, I want to know how tall it is!"
