Ingenuity
Illustration★★★A truck driver was making his way.across town, faithfully following the designated truck route. But something was strange about this driver.
Every time he came to a stop light or stop sign, he jumped out and repeatedly beat the truck with a baseball bat. A curious observer followed this unusual driver until he saw him maneuver his truck into a diner parking lot. As soon as the truck stopped, the driver again jumped out and proceeded to beat on the truck. The observer asked the obvious question, “Why do you beat your truck with a bat every time you stop?”
The driver said, “Well, it’s like this. I have a two-ton truck and four tons of canaries. So I have to keep two tons in the air all the time!”
— Timmons
The point
A joke about a truck driver who repeatedly beats his truck with a bat at every stop to keep his overloaded cargo of canaries airborne.