| Financial Planning explained by an Irishman in the Outback.
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Paddy bought a camel from a farmer for $100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the camel the next day.
In the morning he drove up and said, ‘Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The camel’s died.’
Paddy replied, ‘Well just give me my money back then.’
The farmer said, ‘Can’t do that. I’ve already spent it.’
Paddy said, ‘OK then, just bring me the dead camel.’
The farmer asked, ‘What are you going to do with him?’
Paddy said, ‘I’m going to raffle him off.’
The farmer said, ‘You can’t raffle a dead camel!’
Paddy said, ‘Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.’
A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked, ‘What happened with that dead camel?’
Paddy said, ‘I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2 each and made a profit of $898′
The farmer said, ‘Didn’t anyone complain?’
Paddy said, ‘Just the guy who won. So I gave him his $2 back.’
Paddy now works for the Commonwealth Bank.
Two young engineers with the same qualifications applied for a single position at a computer company. To determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the department manager. Upon completing the test, results showed that both men missed only one of the questions.
The manager went to the first applicant and said, “Thank you for your interest, but we’ve decided to …give the job to the other applicant.”
“And why would you be doing that?” asked… the rejected applicant. “We both got nine questions correct.”
“We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed,” said the department manager.
“And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?” the rejected applicant inquired.
“Simple,” said the department manager. “Your fellow applicant put down on question #5, ‘I don’t know.’ You put down, ‘Neither do I.'”
Kirk Higgins
Moto-Tow Inc.
Is Kirk a Rat Bastard? You Betcha!
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