The Half-wit

"The Half-wit"

A man owned a small farm in Indiana. The Indiana
State Wage and 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," replied the farmer.
Received on Tue Feb 5 03:23:24 2008