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A group of managers
were given the assignment
to measure the height of a flagpole.

So they go out to the flagpole
with ladders and tape measures,
and they're falling off the ladders,
dropping the tape measures
the whole thing is just a mess.

An engineer comes along
and sees what they're trying to do,
walks over, pulls the flagpole
out of the ground,
lays it flat,
measures it from end to end,
gives the measurement to one of the managers
and walks away.

After the engineer has gone,
one manager turns to another and laughs.

"Isn't that just like an engineer,
we're looking for the height
and he gives us the length."