Madmudder
Tim
Felix, a Newfie logger, travels across Canada to see the Pacific Ocean.
He arrives in Nanaimo and likes it so much that he decides to stay. But first he must find a job.
Felix goes to the local MacMillan-Bloedel office and fills out an application as an 'experienced' logger.
It's his lucky day. Mac-Blo is looking for an experienced logger.
The personnel manager asks Joe, the grumpy bush foreman, to verify Felix's logging experience.
Joe drives Felix into the forest, stops the truck on the side of the road, and points at a tree.
He says, "See that tree over there? What is the species and how many board feet of lumber does it have?"
Felix replies, "Dat dere's a Sitka Spruce and she got 383 board feet a' lumber in 'er."
Joe is impressed. He drives a mile down the road and stops. He points at a tree and asks the same question.
Felix replies, "Lord tunderin'jasus b'y! Dat's yer Douglas Fir and she got 690 board feet."
Joe is really impressed. Felix answered quickly and got the answers right without even using a calculator!
One more test. They drive a little farther down the road, and Joe stops at the side of the road.
Joe points to a tree and asks, "And what about that one?"
Felix replies, "A Yeller Cedar, 242 board feet at most."
Joe spins the truck around and heads back to the office.
He is annoyed because Felix is smarter than he is.
Then he stops the truck and asks Felix to step outside.
Joe hands Felix a piece of chalk and says, "I want you to mark an X on the front of that tree over there."
As Felix runs towards the tree Joe mumbles to himself, "*****! How would he know the front of a tree?"
Felix reaches the tree, walks around it and looks at the ground.
Then he then reaches up and places a white X on the side that faces the road.
He runs back to the truck and hands the chalk to Joe.
Felix says, "Dat's da front a' dat tree fer sure."
Joe laughs sarcastically and asks, "How in hell do you know that's the front of the tree?"
Cleaning the toe of his left boot in the gravel, Felix replies, "Cuz someone took a **** behind it!"
Felix got the job.
He arrives in Nanaimo and likes it so much that he decides to stay. But first he must find a job.
Felix goes to the local MacMillan-Bloedel office and fills out an application as an 'experienced' logger.
It's his lucky day. Mac-Blo is looking for an experienced logger.
The personnel manager asks Joe, the grumpy bush foreman, to verify Felix's logging experience.
Joe drives Felix into the forest, stops the truck on the side of the road, and points at a tree.
He says, "See that tree over there? What is the species and how many board feet of lumber does it have?"
Felix replies, "Dat dere's a Sitka Spruce and she got 383 board feet a' lumber in 'er."
Joe is impressed. He drives a mile down the road and stops. He points at a tree and asks the same question.
Felix replies, "Lord tunderin'jasus b'y! Dat's yer Douglas Fir and she got 690 board feet."
Joe is really impressed. Felix answered quickly and got the answers right without even using a calculator!
One more test. They drive a little farther down the road, and Joe stops at the side of the road.
Joe points to a tree and asks, "And what about that one?"
Felix replies, "A Yeller Cedar, 242 board feet at most."
Joe spins the truck around and heads back to the office.
He is annoyed because Felix is smarter than he is.
Then he stops the truck and asks Felix to step outside.
Joe hands Felix a piece of chalk and says, "I want you to mark an X on the front of that tree over there."
As Felix runs towards the tree Joe mumbles to himself, "*****! How would he know the front of a tree?"
Felix reaches the tree, walks around it and looks at the ground.
Then he then reaches up and places a white X on the side that faces the road.
He runs back to the truck and hands the chalk to Joe.
Felix says, "Dat's da front a' dat tree fer sure."
Joe laughs sarcastically and asks, "How in hell do you know that's the front of the tree?"
Cleaning the toe of his left boot in the gravel, Felix replies, "Cuz someone took a **** behind it!"
Felix got the job.