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Pat is out of work, so he approaches his pal Mick and asks him about getting work at the building site where he's a labourer.
"Ah, begorrah", says Mick. "Tis easy. The foreman will just ask you a simple question like, 'Do you know the difference between a joist and a girder?' and if you can answer that, you'll get taken on."
"Oh, I can answer that, to be sure", says Pat. And off he trots to see the foreman.
"Can I have a job, sir?", asks Pat.
"Can you tell me the difference between a joist and a girder?", asks the foreman.
"I can that", answers Pat. "Girder wrote Faust and Joist wrote Ulysses."