Brainfade Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence by the Capital Building in DC One is from Chicago , another is from Tennessee , and the third is from Montana . All three go with a House official to examine the fence. The Montana 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. That's $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. That's $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 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.
Ram Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 The corrupt contractor had to be from Illinois, didnt he? :hysterical:
cricket_usa Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Probably pulled this from some crazy neo-con site. It was pretty good though.
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