An American is walking down the
street when he sees a Polak with a very long pole and a
yardstick. He's standing the pole on itsend and trying to reach
the top of it with his yardstick. Seeing the Polak's ignorance,
the American wrenches the pole out of his hand, lays it on the
sidewalk, measures it with the yardstick, and says,
"There! 10 feet long." The Polak grabs the yardstick
and shouts,
"You idiot American! I don't care how long it is! I want to
know how high it is!"