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Postby James » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 10:11 am

The Half-Wit

A man owned a small farm in Wisconsin . The Wisconsin 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,' says the agent.

'That would be me,â€
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Postby Edward » Wed 19 Mar, 2008 6:23 pm

I don't know if that is a true story, but the room and board could be considered as a fringe benefit for the employees.
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Postby Lorraine » Sat 07 Feb, 2009 11:41 pm

I'm a little late in answering this but I got a chuckle from your joke, James......... ROTFL
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