My name is Timm Kelly and have been in the trade for 26 years and followed in my dad's foot steps of over thirty(30) My story title would be "Tavern Hostage" Shortly after topping out I received a trouble that the "Bear Creek" tavern was out of power. This was an old tavern 15 miles out of town out in the middle of nowhere! It was between Christmas and New Years, snow and ice on the ground. As I pulled up with the ladder truck , I could see some people coming out of the tavern to watch. The transformer was on a crusty old highline pole off the road and oil was leaking out around the top of the pot. The bar keeper wanted to know the usuals, what's wrong? how long?  I told him I would need to get help and a new transformer. He invited me in out of the cold and something to eat and drink. There was a quite grumbling going on about their situation when one of them said in a loud voice" Don't let him out until he tells us a joke we haven't heard". And two males slid over in front of the door. This place is loggerville USA and to tell or come up with a joke they hadn't heard was going to be tough! So I came up with the pre-season speech my Babe Ruth coach gave us, Goes like this: This boy had just bought a new hot car and wanted to show it off to his girlfriend and roared up to her house and picked her up. They went out on the back roads racing around till dark, when suddenly he loses control and veers off the road and down an embankment, crashing into a tree. The girl is thrown from the car and all of her clothes torn off. The boy is pinned in the car by the steering wheel . The girl races back to the car to see what she can do to help. The boy says "go back to that farm house and get help" but the girl says "I don't have any clothes"! Reaching down the boy removes a shoe and hands it to the girl and says cover up with this! She takes the shoe and runs to the farm house. Knocking on the door rapidly, soon a light appears on the porch. Remembering she has no clothes on she quickly places the shoe between her legs. A surprised farmer is greeted with a "Help Me, Help Me, my boyfriends stuck and can't get out!" And the farmer says" Honey when your in that deep nobody can help." Everyone in the place was captivated and started laughing except one old blister at the bar who said "I've already heard that one." Needless to say I broke for door to get away from that drunken bunch. Thanks for your time and "Bless the lineworker for he's not like the rest"