Three contractors . . . one from Italy , another from
Ireland and the third from Scotland are bidding to repair the
Parliament House fence.
They go with a Parliament House official to examine the fence.
The Irish contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says. "I figure the job will run £900 . . . £400 for
materials, £400 for labor and £100 profit for me."
The Scottish contractor also does some measuring and figuring,
then says,"I can do this job for £700 . . . £300 for materials, £300 for
my crew and £100 profit for me."
The Italian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans
over to the Parliament House official and whispers: "£2,700."
The official, incredulous, replies:
"You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come
up with such a high figure?"
"Easy" the Italian explains, "£1,000 for you,£1,000 for me
and we hire the guy from Scotland to do the work!
2006-10-13
05:43:06
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