Stanley was given the job of painting the white lines down the middle of a highway.
On his first day he painted six miles; the next day three miles; the following day less than a mile.
Then the foreman asked Stanley why he kept painting less each day?
He replied, “I just can’t do any better. Each day I keep getting farther away from the paint can. “
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