Contractor

Three contractors . . . One from India, another from Germany and the
third from England are bidding to repair the White House fence. A
senior White House official takes them to examine it.

The English contractor : takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works on some figures with a pencil. 'Well,' he
says. 'I figure the job will cost $900 . . . $400 for materials,
$400 for labour and $100 profit for me.'
The German 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 Indian contractor doesn't measure or do any figuring, but leans
over to the White House official and whispers: '$2,700.'

The official incredulously says, 'You didn't even measure like the
other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'

'Easy,' the Indian explains, '$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we
hire the guy from Germany to do the work!'

Guess who got the contract............ ......... ...!!