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Paddy goes for an interview at a building site for a job.
Unfortunately there is already someone waiting in the office for the
same job. The foreman calls the other guy into the office and says,
"Well Mr. O'Reilly, I'm going to have to ask you about your background
and a few other questions to help me decide between you and the chap
sitting in the waiting room." So he asks him the usual sort of interview
questions about his health, and working experience, and then he asked,
"If you had an accident and lost one of your eyes, what would you be?".
O'Reilly was puzzled by such an odd question, and said "Half blind".
"And what would you be if you lost your other eye in another
accident?" asked the foreman.
"Completely blind", answered O'Reilly, warming to the task.
"OK, that will be all", said the interviewer, "please send in the
other chap. We'll let you know if we want you to start tomorrow."
So O'Reilly goes into the waiting room, and he says to Paddy, "It's
quite a straightforward interview, and then right at the end he asks you
a couple of strange questions. Don't worry, the answers are 'half blind'
and 'blind'". O'Reilly then left, and Paddy went in to see the foreman.
"Well Mr. Murphy" said the foreman to Paddy, "I'm going to have to ask
you about your background and a few other questions to help me decide
between you and Mr O'Reilly." So he asks him the usual sort of interview
questions about his health, and working experience, and then he asked,
"If you had an accident and lost one of your ears, what would you be?".
Quick as a flash, Paddy said "Half blind."
The foreman was a bit puzzled by this answer, but continued with
the question "And what would you be if you lost your other ear in another
accident?"
Without any hesitation Paddy said "Completely blind."
The foreman was completely dumb-founded by this answer, but because
Paddy had more relevant experience and better references than O'Reilly
he didn't want to dismiss Paddy without asking "Can you explain to me
why you would be half blind if you lost one of your ears, and completely
blind if you lost both of your ears?"
Paddy was surprised that the foreman should ask such a stupid
question about such obvious answers. "Easy", he said, "my hat would fall
down over my eyes!"
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