The White House Fence
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House
in 2007-- a redneck, an African American and a Mexican.
They go together with a White House official to examine the fence.
The black 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 about $900: $400 for
materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Mexican contractor also does some measuring and figuring, and then
says.. "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my
crew and $100 profit for me."
The redneck 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 o
ther guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?">
The redneck contractor whispers back, "$1,000 for me, $1,000 for you,
and we hire the Mexican to fix the fence!"
"Done!" replies the government official.
[ Back to top ]
Created with ShoutPost
