When the British government let out bids for the digging of a tunnel under the English Channel, estimates ran in the hundreds of millions of pounds. One firm (Two Blokes LTD) asked only 100,000 pounds.
"Considering equipment and labor costs," the construction chairman asked the low bidder, "how do you propose to do the job for such a pittance?"
"It's simple," the contractor replied. "My partner grabs a shovel, goes to France and starts digging. I take another shovel and start digging from England. We dig until we meet, and you've got a tunnel!"
"But what if you never meet?"
"Then you've got two tunnels, for the price of one."
No comments:
Post a Comment