Minimum Wage

[Graham-W]

Dennis Penberthy, an elderly Cornish farmer, received a letter from the
Department for Work & Pensions, stating that they suspected he was not
paying his employees enough and they would send an inspector to interview
them.

On the appointed day, the inspector turned up. "Tell me about your staff,"
he asked Penberthy. "Well," said Penberthy, "there's the farm hand. I pay
him £240 a week and he has a free cottage. Then there's the housekeeper.
She gets £190 a week, along with free board and lodging.
There's also the half-wit. He works a 16 hour day, does 90% of the work,
earns about £25 a week, along with a bottle of gin every week, and,
occasionally, gets to sleep with my wife."

"That's who I want to talk to," said the inspector, "the half-wit."

"That'll be me then," said Penberthy.

[squarebear]

Hehe!

[lindylou16]

The farmer next to me made a huge wooden crossing for his field but couldn't remember where he'd put it.
He lost it, big stile. .

[mike11111]

Now that's what I call a joke! Nice one, Lindy!

[Graham-W]

Yeah. Nice one Lindylou.