Santa, Banta, and one of their friend, Sunny, tried out for the same job as road stripers. The employer told them they would all work for three days and whoever painted the most would get the job.

At the end of the first day Sunny head had painted 4 miles, Banta had painted 3.5 miles, and Santa had painted 10 miles. The employer was so exited he told Santa to keep it up and the job was his.

The next day the Sunny painted 6 miles, Banta 7 miles, and Santa 5 miles. The employer told Santa not to worry, you still have a good lead.

So, on the third day Sunny had painted 7 miles, Banta 8 miles, and Santa only two miles.

The employer was so disappointed, he asked Santa, "What went wrong, you were doing so good?"

Santa said, "Well, that bucket of paint keeps getting further and further away."