Paddy and Hamish, two Irish immigrant friends, head to the public employment office in search of work.
Paddy goes in first for his interview and comes out beaming, delighted with the wide range of jobs he’s been offered.Hamish follows for his turn and, after a short while, emerges looking thoroughly unimpressed.
“They’ve only offered me one job!” he grumbles to Paddy. “It’s in some filthy factory miles away. Can you believe that?”
Confused and a bit miffed, Hamish storms back in to confront the employment consultant.
“How can this be?” he demands. “Back in Ireland, I worked side by side with Paddy for years! I’m way more qualified than him!”
The consultant glances at the paperwork and replies, “Ah, but your friend is a qualified ‘diesel fitter’, and you, sir, are merely a machinist.”
Hamish scratches his head, half agreeing, then bursts out laughing.
“Aye, that’s true, but back in the factory at home, I’d be the one stitching the ladies’ underwear, and Paddy’s job was to put them on his head and say, ‘Dees will fit her!’”
