Defective nails

    Two carpenters were working on a house. The one who was nailing down siding would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail and either toss it over his shoulder or nail it in.

    The other, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, “Why are you throwing those nails away?”

    The first explained, “If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it’s pointed toward me, I throw it away because it’s defective. If it’s pointed toward the house, then I nail it in!”

    The second carpenter got completely upset and yelled: “You moron! The nails pointed toward you aren’t defective! They’re for the other side of the house!”

    Carpenter witness

    A carpenter was giving evidence about an accident he had witnessed.

    The lawyer for the defendant was trying to discredit him and asked him how far away he was from the accident.

    The carpenter replied, “Twenty-seven feet, six and one-half inches.”

    “What? How come you are so sure of that distance?” asked the lawyer.

    “Well, I knew sooner or later some idiot would ask me. So I measured it!” replied the carpenter.