i was waiting for a bus opposite my house when i noticed a bunch of construction workers setting up this gate at a factory. (yes my house is beside a bloody industrial estate unlike all you rich kids living in bungalows) anyway so they happily set the gates on their hinges, and when they closed them, lo and behold, one side ended up higher than the other! well, what's the use of gates when the latch doesn't line up right? (then again, what's the use of gates when any 10-yr-old who kicked his ball over can just climb over and get it, but nvm we'll leave that for some other time) so, rather than return to his boss and risk getting his pay docked, the foreman decided to improvise a little with his human resource skills: he got 4 of his workers to balance themselves on one side of the gate, and bounce violently on it so that the gate would bend downwards and align itself. i didn't really dare to laugh cos the people beside me weren't looking and i was afraid of embarrassing myself, but anyway the story ends with the workers somehow managing to get the gate to its right angle, just before my bus arrived, 15 min late.

qn: so how many pple does it take to set up a gate?
ans: 4 workers, 1 supervisor, and the entire factory population trying really hard not to notice.