THREE CONTRACTORS

Three contractors arrive to quote a job - one
from Greece, one from
Australia and another from Vietnam - all bidding
to repair the
Parliament House fence.

They go with a Parliamentary official to examine
the fence. The
Australian 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 $900. That's $400 for
materials, $400 for
Labor and $100 profit for me."

The Vietnamese 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 Greek contractor doesn't measure or figure,
but leans over to
The 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?"

"Easy," the Greek explains, "$1,000 for you,
$1,000 for me and we
Hire the guy from Vietnam to do the work

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