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by aidenn0 768 days ago
There's an old joke that works almost everywhere:

Have you heard about the new invention that will allow <insert name of local department for handling road work> to lay off 90% of its workers?

A shovel that stands up by itself.

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I had an eccentric Maths teacher at school who used to stare out of the window and make odd claims. One was that he was running a roadworks business using telekinetic powers, and all the people in hi-vis jackets were merely scarecrows.