One Italian American Joke

Two Italians were trying to measure to see how tall their flag pole was. But, neither one could seem to climb to the top of the pole with their tape measure. An American came walking by about that time and asked them what they were doing. They told him their delema. He thought for a moment then said, "Why don't you just take the pole and lay it down on the ground." After he walked off one Italian turned to the other, "Isn't that just like a dumb American, we want to know how TALL it is, not how LONG it is."