[Xchange] Joke

[John Macdonald (Europe Africa)]

The old town blacksmith realised he couldn't work so hard anymore.
 
He picked out strong young Bill Deville to become his apprentice. 
 
The old fellow was impatient and exacting.

"Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told Bill, "Just do whatever I tell you to do." 
 
One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil.

"Get the hammer over there," he said. "When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard." 
 
Bill is looking for a new apprenticeship.