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This puny guy applies for a job as a lumberjack.

“Sorry,” says the head lumberjack, eyeing the man up and down, “you’re just too small.”

“Give me a chance to show you what I can do.”  The guy pleads.  “You won’t regret it.”

“Okay,” says the boss.  “See that giant oak over there?  Let’s see you chop it down.”

Half an hour later, the mighty oak is felled, amazing the boss.  “Where’d you learn to cut trees like that?” he asks.  “The Sahara Forest.”

“You mean the Sahara Desert?’

“Sure, if that’s what they call it now.”

“Laughter, The Best Medicine”, Reader’s Digest, February 2004, page 146