Hey there, jaycee. Got an e-mail today and wondered if this guy might be a neighbor?!?
The Fence
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House
One is from Chicago , another is from Tennessee , and the third is from Minnesota .
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The
Minnesota 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 runabout $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me.”
The Tennessee 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 Chicago contractor doesn’t measure or figure, but leans over to the
White House official and whispers, “$2,700.”
The official, incredulous, says, “You didn’t even measure like the other
guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?”
The Chicago contractor whispers back, “$1000 for me, $1000 for you,
and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence.”
“Done!” replies the government official.
And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will work.
LOL, Dave! Not my immediate neighbor but many are getting bamboozled in “Obama’s 57 states”....remember him saying he had visited all 57 states? Hey, there’s another word I could have used for bamboozled but feared it was not lady-like this morning...LOL!
Guess you may have read on the thread that O. visited my city last week and spoke at a Kroger’s store, with a stacked audience asking ‘Goldilocks questions?’ Protesters stood in torrential rain with their signs! Only the chosen audience could get in to hear him! FREEDOM???