The foreman of an Irish road crew employed Paddy to paint white lines line down the middle of the road. He told Paddy he should paint two miles of road in a day’s work.
After the first day, the foreman was pleased to find that Paddy had painted four miles of road instead of the two required.
On the second day, paddy completed just 2 miles of road. Whilst the foreman was a bit disappointed, he didn’t complain as this was, after all, only what he’d asked for.
On day three, the foreman was disappointed to find that Paddy had painted only one mile of road. So he asked, "On yer first day, ya did four moiles o’ road. On yer second ya did two moiles. But on yer tird day ya only did one moile. What’s up?”
Paddy replied, "Well, yer see, every day I gets ferder an’ ferder away from de paint tin.”
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