Can you build me a long box?

A Polish man went to a carpenter and asked, "Can you build me a box that is two inches high, two inches wide, and fifty feet long?"

"Hmm..." mused the carpenter. "It could be done, I suppose, but what would you want a box like that for?"

"Well, you see," said the Pole, "my neighbor moved away and forgot some things, so he asked me to send him his garden hose."