Tom is applying for a job as a signalman for the local railroad, and is told to meet the inspector at the signal box.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The inspector decides to give Tom a pop quiz, asking, "What would you do if you realized that two trains were heading towards each other on the same track?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

Tom says, "I would switch one train to another track."©JOKEDEMO.COM

"What if the lever broke?" asks the inspector.©JOKEDEMO.COM

"I'd run down to the tracks and use the manual lever."?br />answers Tom.©JOKEDEMO.COM

"What if that had been struck by lightning?" challenges the inspector.©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Then."?br />Tom continues, "I'd run back up here and use the phone to call the next signal box."©JOKEDEMO.COM

"What if the phone was busy?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

"In that case."?br />Tom argues, "I'd run to the street level and use the public phone near the station".©JOKEDEMO.COM

"What if that had been vandalized?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Oh, well."?br />says Tom, "in that case I'd run into town and get my Uncle Leo."©JOKEDEMO.COM

This puzzles the inspector, so he asks, "Why would you do that?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Because he's never seen a train crash!"