Article Hero Image
April 1948

Bottoms Up!

Ned M., of the Alexandria, Va., Group, tells us of a carpenter in Washington who was nailing a siding on a house and threw away every third nail. The foreman, noticing the odd behavior, came over to the man and said: "What's the big idea?" The carpenter replied: "The nails I am throwing away have heads on the wrong end." "Don't be a fool," said the foreman, "those are the ones you use on the other side of the house."

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story