A Polak went to a carpenter and said, “Can you build me a box thatis two inches high, two inches wide, and fifty feet long?”"Hmm…” mused the carpenter. “It could be done, I suppose, but whatwould you want a box like that for?”"Well, you see,” said the Polak, “my neighbor moved away and forgotsome things, so he asked me to send him his garden hose.”

