[CH] (OT) The Half Wit
Linda Hutchinson (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:47:53 -0400
I just had to send this thinking of all the times Jim C and John H have said
this about themselves.
Linda
A man owned a small apple farm in Washington State. An agent of The
Washington State Wage & Hour Board dropped by, on a routine check to see
if he was paying proper wages to his help.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," said the
agent.
"Well," replied the farmer, "There's my farm hand who's been with me for
3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. Then there's
the cook. She's been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 per week
plus free room and board."
"Finally there's a half-wit who works 18 hours every day and does about
90% of all the work around here. He makes about $30 a week, pays his own
room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night."
"That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me." replied the farmer.
Linda
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Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me - I want people
to know WHY I look this way: I've traveled a long way and some of the
roads weren't paved.