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Sgt Fury

Sgt. Spellchecker
The New Jersey Way


Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House
in D.C. — one from New Jersey , another from Tennessee and the third,
from Florida . They go with a White House official to examine the fence.


How it works:


The Florida contractor, Jonathan, 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.”


Cletus, the Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring,
then says, “I can do the job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my
crew and $100 profit for me.


Vito from New Jersey 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 other
guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?”
Then Vito whispers back, “$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the
guy from Tennessee to fix the fence.”


“Done!” replies the government official.



And that, my friends, is how it all works!
 
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