It was time for lunch on the construction site and three workmen sat down on the roof of a building to eat their lunch.
One man was Italian, the second was Mexican and the third was Polish.
The Italian man opened his lunch box and said, “Spaghetti again! I have had 17 years of spaghetti. If I get spaghetti again tomorrow. I will throw myself off the roof”.
Then the Mexican opened his lunch box and said, “Tamales! 15 years of tamales. If I get them again tomorrow, I will throw myself off the roof too”.
Then the Polish man opened his lunch box and said, “Peanut Butter and Jelly! If I get this again, I will join you guys”.
So the next day, the three of them were sitting down to lunch and the Italian opened his lunch box.
There again was spaghetti for lunch.
The Italian man stood up, threw his lunch box to the ground below and then threw himself off the roof.
The Mexican then opened his lunch box and there again he found he had tamales for his lunch.
He too threw himself off the roof.
The Polish man then opened his lunch box and there as always he found Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.
He too threw himself off the roof.
A few days later at their funerals, the three wives were standing together and sobbing.
The Italian mans wife said to the others, “If he would have told me he was tried of spaghetti, I would have willingly have made him something else”.
The Mexican mans wife also said, “My husband never said he was tired of tamales or I, too, would have made him something else”.
The Polish mans wife turned to the others and said, “I don’t understand. My husband has made his own lunch for the past 12 years!”
You know, it would be a believable story if it weren’t for the Tamales. Have you ever heard of a Mexican who was fed up with Tamales?
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