Two Minnesota mechanical engineers of norwegian descent, Ole the proud owner of a Porsche 928 and Sven the not so proud owner of a 944, were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. A woman walks by and asks what they are doing. ´We´re supposed to find out the height of the flagpole,´said Sven,´ but we don´t have a ladder´. The woman took a wrench from her pourse, loosened a few bolts and laid the pole down. Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, announced, ´Eighteen feet, six inches´, and walked away. Ole shook his head and laughed. ´Ain´t that just like a woman! We ask for the height and she gives us the length! If we take our two cars, I suppose we can pick up a ladder and transport it on top of the roofs. If we go slow and you keep the distance right behind me all the time I suppose it won´t fall off. We have to get the height measured correctly´.

Sven and Ole are currently working for the United States Government.

 

You have the story wrong. It was two Swedes.

 

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