Government Contracts

mustard-tree — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:01:23 GMT

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken wall at 10 Downing Street. One from London, another from Bristol and the third, Liverpool.
They go with a government official to examine the wall.

The London 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 about £900:

£400 for materials, £400 for my crew and £100 profit for me.'

The Bristol contractor also does some measuring and figuring, and then says,

'I can do this job for £700:

£300 for materials, £300 for my crew and £100 profit for me.'

The Liverpool contractor doesn't measure or do figures but leans over to the Government 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?'

The Liverpool contractor whispers back,

'£1000 for me, £1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Bristol to fix the wall.'
'Done!' replies the government official.

Re: Government Contracts

geo1pat1 — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:17:35 GMT

As per the decorating the Nags Head scene........In Only Fools & Horses from years back.

Only the characters and scenario have changed 🙂

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