Supplies

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Three men, an Englishman, an Irishman and a Chinese man, lost their jobs in the circus and approached the owner of a construction store to ask for employment.

"What can you do?" the store owner asked the Englishman.
"I can do masonry," said the English man, and he was duly assigned to lay a brick wall for a customer.

He then asked the Irishman, "What can you do?" and he replied, "I was the strong man in the circus and I can lift very heavy loads," and so he was put to work at the back of the store.

Finally, turning to the Chinese man, he enquired, "What can you do?" and he answered, "I can do supplies," and so he was sent out to do purchase.

When evening came, there was still no sign of the Chinese man. Turning to the Englishman and the Irishman, he asked if they had seen their friend, to which they replied in the negative. Then suddenly, the lid of an empty wooden barrel popped open and the Chinese man triumphantly appeared with his two arms raised and shouted,

"Supplies! Supplies!"
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