Tools of Trade.

A gentleman to whom an Irishman had applied for work asked if he knew anything about woodwork. Assured that the applicant knew everything about the carpentry trade, he said: “Well, can you make a Venetian blind?”

“It's a treat, sor, to see me at the job,” said the son of Erin.

“How would you do it, then?”

“Why, I'd just poke my finger in his eye, sor!”

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