Three contractors . . . One from Sri Lanka, 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 and then says, "I can do this job for $700 . . . $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lankan explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Germany to do the work!"
Guess who got the contract..............!!
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Comments for THE SRI LANKAN CONTRACTOR
Enjoy.. a good one
Mr. Admin on Tue, Mar 24, 2009
Also.i guess it should be goes to our country man.
Tuan on Wed, Mar 25, 2009
hai
nizam on Wed, Mar 25, 2009
Work smart heh!
RSR on Sat, Mar 28, 2009
I think it shoould go to sri lankan one
chathu on Mon, Mar 30, 2009
terunanam hodai
shani on Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Probably the 3rd...
Shiyaz on Sat, May 23, 2009
Sri Lankan always keep better margin from any work.
Sudath on Tue, Jun 16, 2009
niyamai
chathura on Sat, Jun 20, 2009
loools nice one thats how we do it ;P
Nipun on Sun, Jun 21, 2009
srilankan always smarter than others
sudesh on Sat, Sep 12, 2009
nize
kcn on Sat, Sep 12, 2009
that's da different of our guys.. hahaha :))
s b dissa on Thu, Oct 01, 2009
verynice
hi on Thu, Oct 15, 2009
tipical sri lankan contractor
lakmal on Thu, Oct 15, 2009
If that Sri Lankan Contractor was a one of Rajapakshe amount would be 10700$
Chinthana on Mon, Jan 04, 2010
I like Chinthana's joke most
Deepa on Wed, Feb 10, 2010
nice joke
afra on Fri, May 07, 2010
he he he.... lolzzzzzzzzzzzzz
arandara on Mon, Jul 19, 2010
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