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Old 01-24-2020, 10:55 PM   #1
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Default Liver eatin' johnson get a job with the railroad

LIVER EATIN' JOHNSON GET A JOB WITH THE RAILROAD

Liver Eatin' Johnson decides it was too lonely up in the mountains and heads down to civilization and find something else to do. So he looks up his old friend Casey Jones at the local railroad roundhouse. The first thing the Casey does is to take Liver Eatin' around the rail yard showing him all the equipment and explaining how it works. Back at the railhead office Casey says, "Liver Eatin', lets say you get the job to work in the tower. You have two trains coming toward each other on the same track with a full head of steam. What would you do?" Liver Eatin' confidently replies, "I would use the lever in the tower to switch one of the trains to a different track."

Casey says, "Good. Now what would you do if the lever was not working?" Liver Eatin' responds, "Well I would telegraph the next tower up the line and have the operator there switch one of the trains to a different track."
"That?s right," says Casey. "Now, what if the telegraph line was dead? What would you do then?" Liver Eatin' says, "I would go down to the track side and throw a turnout by hand to switch on of the trains to another track."

Impressed, Casey says "How right you are. Now what if the hand lever on the turnout broke? What would you do?" "Well," Liver Eatin' ponders this for a few minutes then says, "I suppose I would get my band of Merry Mountain Men."

"Get your Merry Mountain men? Why would you do that Liver Eatin'? You have two train on the same track that are about to hit head on!" Liver Eatin' responds "We ain't never seen a big train wreck before!"
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Old 01-25-2020, 09:52 AM   #3
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Liver Eatin' Johnson's got a plan, he can't help it that the railroad's broke and can't keep it's equipment properly maintained, get your band of Merry Mountain Men, a keg and wait for it...
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Liver Eatin' is not only smart, but is a realist too. If you can't prevent it, you might as well enjoy the show.
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