> Two paddies were working for the city public works department.
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> One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind him and fill the hole in.
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> 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 man digging a hole, the other filling it in again.
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> An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they were doing.
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> So he asked the hole digger, "I'm impressed by the effort you two are putting in to your work, but I don't get it - why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind & fill it up again?"
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> The hole digger wiped his brow and sighed, " Well, I suppose it probably looks odd because we're normally a three-person team.
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> But today the lad who plants the trees called in sick."
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