Three contractors . . . One from India, another from Germany and the third from England are bidding to repair the White House fence. A senior White House official takes them to examine it.
The English contractor : takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works on some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says. "I figure the job will cost $900 . . . $400 for materials, $400 for labour and $100 profit for me."
The German 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 Indian contractor doesn't measure or do any figuring, but leans over to the White House official and whispers: "$2,700."
The official incredulously says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
"Easy," the Indian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Germany to do the work!"
Guess who got the contract.... ......... ...........!!
2007-10-13 07:32:40 · 9 answers · asked by wna 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I work as a government contractor... and from my experience, this is fairly accurate. And people wonder why their taxes are so high!
2007-10-13 08:19:46 · answer #1 · answered by rdrnnr1972 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that's pretty funny!
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2007-10-13 14:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by t.marlene 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha! Funny! 10!
2007-10-13 14:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by cats 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHA!
good 1
2007-10-13 14:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its ok =], i am sure it would be better if you could actually say it instead of someone reading it,that always makes a joke better
2007-10-13 14:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by &&x_x[I'm_So_Into_You]x_x&& 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, thats funny
2007-10-13 14:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by ama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is funny. LOL
2007-10-13 14:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by IJToomer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe
2007-10-13 14:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by parfect35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good one
2007-10-13 14:42:24 · answer #9 · answered by ♥dancer♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋