Hi everyone,
With the fiasco of the Common wealth games taking up all the airtime-and so
much
coverage in the foreign press, here is a valid explanation you can give all
your
friends as to what actually happened -
Three contractors are bidding to fix a
broken fence at the No. 10 Downing Street. One is an English worker, another is
a
Scottish worker, and the third is an Indian worker. All three go with a No. 10
official
to examine the fence.
The English contractor takes out a tape measure & does some measuring, then
works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run
to about
£500: £200 for materials, £200 for my crew and £100 profit for me."The Scottish
contractor also does some measuring, figuring, then says, "I can do this job
for
£600: £250 for materials, £250 for my crew and £100 profit for me."
The Indian contractor, a guy called Suresh Kamaldi, doesn't measure or figure,
but
leans over to the No.10 official and whispers, "£1500." The official,
incredulous, says,
"You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a
high
figure?"
Suresh whispers back, "£500 for me, £500 for you, and we hire the English
contractor
to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.
Charudatta Prabhudesai via a friend
