Joke Friday

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(A Jersey joke in honor of my visiting my homestate this weekend. Have a great weekend!)

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

A Jersey joke in honor of my visit to my home state this weekend.

The Florida 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 Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100.profit for me."

The New Jersey contractor 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?"The New Jersey contractor whispers back, "$1,000 for me, $1,000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.

5 comments:

melodie007 said...

very cute joke i like that you do this friday joke thing i signed up for google just to read these and be able to comment plus i really like mary sheehans work...she doesnt know me but all the sheehans and shahans are related someway (irish)...shahan is my maiden name and there is a famous shahan artist which is how i found her site and thus, yours. good day to you and thanks for the laugh. perhaps i shall share some jokes with you sometime.
melode007

melodie007 said...

oh my gosh i havent set up my page yet but i just read yours and we have soooo much in common. music, poetry, art, photography.who knows what else i also do a lot of crafts, scrapbooking, drawing...pen and ink type and sketch type. i paint and love gardening and the out of doors.
perhaps we will become friends who knows me may even co-write some music someday... i hate the composition part. again have a good day
melodie007

rdl said...

melodie - welcome, nice to have you. as for crafts- i knit. I love gardening too but i can't draw to save my life. now you need to start a blog.

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

Hey Jersey girl-friend.
Love that joke.
Also, came here and found a fan.
How great is that?

ipanema said...

lol...so cheeky. :)