Two blonde girls were working for the city council public
works department.
One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her
and fill the hole in.
They worked up one side of the street, then down the
other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously
all day without rest, one girl digging a hole, the other girl
filling it in again.
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't
understand what they were doing. So he asked the hole digger,
'I'm impressed by the effort you two are putting
into your work, but I don't get it _ why do you
dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill
it up again?'
The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, 'Well, I
suppose it probably looks odd because we're normally a
three-person team.
But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick.'