[From nobody Tue Jul 10 10:35:46 2007 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.turbonet.com (Cactus Mail Server v8.9.1) with SMTP id JLK76558; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:58:58 -0700 Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:58:58 -0700 From: rafalen <rafalen@turbonet.com> Reply-To: rafalen <rafalen@turbonet.com> To: lfalen@turbonet.com, rowan33@localnet.com, diamonds@intherock.myrf.net Subject: The half wit Message-ID: <06cbcf4e9121aab6020cbc398bb32f9a@turbonet.com> X-Mailer: IceWarp Web Mail 5.6.7 X-Originating-IP: 129.101.12.180 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There was an old cowhand who owned a small ranch in Montana. The Montana Wage & Hour Dept. 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 rancher, "There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board." "The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 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." "That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," says the agent. "That would be me," replied the rancher]