An old man applies for a job as a woodcutter

An old man applies for a job as a woodcutter, but the boss doesn’t think he’s fit enough.
He tells the boss he is able to cut down any tree in a single swing.

To prove this, he goes outside, hits a five-foot tree with his ax, and it falls over.
The boss is impressed.

The old man then repeats this with a ten-foot tree.
Then a thirty-foot tree. Finally, he takes his ax up to an 80-foot redwood, swings, and the giant tree comes tumbling down.

 

 

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