Paddy and Billy were asked to measure a flagpole.

They're standing looking up at the flagpole trying to figure out how on earth to measure the height of the pole.

A young lady comes along and asks why they look so confused.
"We need to measure the height of this pole" says Billy.

So the young lady pulls the pin out of the bottom to drop the pole, grabs their tape measure and says with a smug grin, "28ft, the pole is 28ft". She then carries on walking.

"Well isn't that a typical know-it-all woman" says Paddy.
"Hows that?" asked Billy.
Paddy replies "Well we need the height of the pole, not the fecking width!"