Author Topic: The Half-Wit  (Read 962 times)

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The Half-Wit
« on: February 06, 2008, 06:20:22 AM »
Somehow I can relate to this...

A man owned a small farm in  Georgia .  The  Georgia State

Wage & Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper

wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.

"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent. 
   
"Well," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been

with me for 3 years.  I pay him $200 a week plus free room

and board.  The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay

her $150 per week plus free room and board.  Then there's

the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and
does about 90% of all the work around here.  He makes about

$10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a

bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.  He also sleeps with

my wife occasionally."

" That's the guy I want to talk to...the half-wit," said the agent.

"That would be me," replied the farmer.
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Re: The Half-Wit
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2008, 06:34:17 AM »
Reminds me of back when I was running my own logging company  sad
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