Sloss
Member Since: 18 Aug 2013
Location: Aberdeenish
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| How to price for a new fence in Downing Street |
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Three contractors are bidding to refurbish the fence at 10 Downing street. One is from Birmingham, another is from Liverpool, and the third is some bloke from London.
All three go with a Downing Street official to examine the fence. The Brummie contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about £900. £400 for materials, £400 for my crew, and £100 profit for me."
The Scouse contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for £700. £300 for materials, £200 for my crew, and £200 profit for me."
The bloke from London doesn't bother to measure or figure, but leans over to the Downing Street official and whispers, "£2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the others! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
The bloke whispers back, "£1000 for me, £1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Liverpool to do the job!"
"Done!" replies the government official……..
And so Carillion was born… Stew,
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JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
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This reminds me of that only fools episode when mike first comes in and they decorate the pub MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
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