The
Grounded Conductor
Submitted
by: HOST
GFS
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Tom
is applying for a job as a
signalman for the local railroad
and is told to meet the inspector
at the signal box.
The
inspector decides to give Tom a
pop quiz, asking: "What would you
do if you realized that two
trains were heading towards each
other on the same
track?"
Tom
says: "I would switch one train
to another track."
"What
if the lever broke?" asks the
inspector.
"Then
I'd run down to the tracks and
use the manual lever down there,"
answers Tom.
"What
if that had been struck by
lightning?" challenges the
inspector.
"Then,"
Tom continued, "I'd run back up
here and use the phone to call
the next signal
box."
"What
if the phone was
busy?"
"In
that case," Tom argued, "I'd run
to the street level and use the
public phone near the
station."
"What
if that had been
vandalized?"
"Oh
well," said Tom, "in that case I
would run into town and get my
Uncle Leo."
This
puzzled the inspector, so he
asked, "Why would you do
that?"
"Because
he's never seen a train
crash."
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