From Roman.
Two uninformed voters, John and Dick were doing some carpenter work on a Habitat for Humanity House. John, who was nailing down house siding, would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail, and either toss it over his shoulder or nail it in.
Dick, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, “Why are you throwing those nails away?”
John explained, “When I pull a nail out of my pouch, about half of them have the head on the wrong end and I throw them away.”
Dick got completely upset and yelled, “You moron! Those nails aren’t defective! They’re for the other side of the house!”
See, Dick was an educated uninformed voter.
Haaaahahaha.
The Three Stooges used this gag a few times too.
My dad did this one time at a construction site. He would look at the nail and either throw it over the building or nail it in. Supervisor almost fired him when my dad said these go on the other side. Of course he was joking, but the super wasn’t pleased about it.