An educated man in NJ.
May 18th 2006, 2:36 am
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An educated man in NJ.
Yesterday (Weds 17th May) I delivered a full load of bubblewrap mailers to 'Blue Linx' in Denville NJ. The guy who offloaded my trailer, although a nice enough chappie was as think as two short planks. My load manifest showed 360 cases on pallets, inside the trailer we could see that each pallet contained 12 cases.
"How many pallets are there ?" he asked.
"MMMMMMMM ..... 30" I replied. He looked puzzled and got out a piece of paper and a pen.
"Nah ! that don't seem right somehow"
I showed him the obvious "Look .... 12 to a pallet, 30 pallets is 360"
"How duh yuh figure that ?"
"Ok .... whats 3 x 12 ?" I asked, he stood there looking blank, "It's 36 or 3 dozen" I said.
"OH yeah ! ... 3 x 12 is 3 dozen, but how many is that ?"
"It's 36" I snapped. "Right, so write down 36 and add a zero, what do you have ?"
He scribbled and said "36"
"How do you get that ?" I ask the fool.
"Well 36 plus zero is still 36"
I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
"How many pallets are there ?" he asked.
"MMMMMMMM ..... 30" I replied. He looked puzzled and got out a piece of paper and a pen.
"Nah ! that don't seem right somehow"
I showed him the obvious "Look .... 12 to a pallet, 30 pallets is 360"
"How duh yuh figure that ?"
"Ok .... whats 3 x 12 ?" I asked, he stood there looking blank, "It's 36 or 3 dozen" I said.
"OH yeah ! ... 3 x 12 is 3 dozen, but how many is that ?"
"It's 36" I snapped. "Right, so write down 36 and add a zero, what do you have ?"
He scribbled and said "36"
"How do you get that ?" I ask the fool.
"Well 36 plus zero is still 36"
I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
May 18th 2006, 2:44 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
Yesterday (Weds 17th May) ............................I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
May 18th 2006, 3:00 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
Yesterday (Weds 17th May) I delivered a full load of bubblewrap mailers to 'Blue Linx' in Denville NJ. The guy who offloaded my trailer, although a nice enough chappie was as think as two short planks. My load manifest showed 360 cases on pallets, inside the trailer we could see that each pallet contained 12 cases.
"How many pallets are there ?" he asked.
"MMMMMMMM ..... 30" I replied. He looked puzzled and got out a piece of paper and a pen.
"Nah ! that don't seem right somehow"
I showed him the obvious "Look .... 12 to a pallet, 30 pallets is 360"
"How duh yuh figure that ?"
"Ok .... whats 3 x 12 ?" I asked, he stood there looking blank, "It's 36 or 3 dozen" I said.
"OH yeah ! ... 3 x 12 is 3 dozen, but how many is that ?"
"It's 36" I snapped. "Right, so write down 36 and add a zero, what do you have ?"
He scribbled and said "36"
"How do you get that ?" I ask the fool.
"Well 36 plus zero is still 36"
I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
"How many pallets are there ?" he asked.
"MMMMMMMM ..... 30" I replied. He looked puzzled and got out a piece of paper and a pen.
"Nah ! that don't seem right somehow"
I showed him the obvious "Look .... 12 to a pallet, 30 pallets is 360"
"How duh yuh figure that ?"
"Ok .... whats 3 x 12 ?" I asked, he stood there looking blank, "It's 36 or 3 dozen" I said.
"OH yeah ! ... 3 x 12 is 3 dozen, but how many is that ?"
"It's 36" I snapped. "Right, so write down 36 and add a zero, what do you have ?"
He scribbled and said "36"
"How do you get that ?" I ask the fool.
"Well 36 plus zero is still 36"
I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
May 18th 2006, 3:48 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
I delivered a full load of bubblewrap mailers to 'Blue Linx' in Denville NJ.
Fancy that.
May 18th 2006, 3:50 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
I thought this was going to be a limerick for some reason.
May 18th 2006, 3:52 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I thought this was going to be a limerick for some reason.
PMSL - I thought it was a thread about dave!
May 18th 2006, 3:56 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by willmore
PMSL - I thought it was a thread about dave!
May 18th 2006, 4:34 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by NJ_Dave
The title for that thread would be 'A bored drunk in NJ'
I think you forgot one small but very very important word in your title..."A bored MARRIED drunk in NJ".....just trying to keep you out of trouble!
Last edited by willmore; May 18th 2006 at 4:37 am.
May 18th 2006, 4:51 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by willmore
I think you forgot one small but very very important word in your title..."A bored MARRIED drunk in NJ".....just trying to keep you out of trouble!
May 18th 2006, 6:09 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by elfman
About 1/2 mile from my house.
Fancy that.
Fancy that.
May 18th 2006, 7:23 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Ridski
Erm... HELLO! I think I win that title for this year, thankyouverymuch.
Youve obviously never met our dave have you?
May 18th 2006, 9:25 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by willmore
Youve obviously never met our dave have you?
May 18th 2006, 9:27 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by NJ_Dave
The title for that thread would be 'A bored drunk in NJ'
May 18th 2006, 9:53 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Ridski
No. But then again, you have no idea pissed off my wife would be if I had a proper drinking buddy...
Well I will see if I can arrange for both of you to meet soon, although I t hink you'll have found your match with our dave!
May 18th 2006, 10:39 am
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Re: An educated man in NJ.
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
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I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
I now realised that this was probably the stupidest man on the planet.
