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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 585283" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A Well-Planned Retirement </span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">lot</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">parking fees were managed by</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">a very pleasant</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">attendant. The fees were 1Ls for cars ($1.40),</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">5Ls for busses (about $7).</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Management called the City Council and asked it</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">to send them another parking agent.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Council did some research and replied that the</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">a City employee. The City Council responded that</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> . </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Meanwile, sitting in his villa on the coast of Spain</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">is a man who'd apparently had a ticket machine</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">installed completely on his own; and then had simply</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">begun to show up every day, commencing to collect</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">and keep the parking fees, estimated at about</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">$560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">week, this amounts to</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">just over $7 million dollars!</span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #00007f"><span style="color: #00007f"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">....And no one even knows his name.</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 585283, member: 1246"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Arial]A Well-Planned Retirement [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]lot[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]parking fees were managed by[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]a very pleasant[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]attendant. The fees were 1Ls for cars ($1.40),[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]5Ls for busses (about $7).[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]Management called the City Council and asked it[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]to send them another parking agent.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]The Council did some research and replied that the[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]a City employee. The City Council responded that[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] . [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]Meanwile, sitting in his villa on the coast of Spain[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]is a man who'd apparently had a ticket machine[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]installed completely on his own; and then had simply[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]begun to show up every day, commencing to collect[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]and keep the parking fees, estimated at about[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]$560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]week, this amounts to[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana]just over $7 million dollars![/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial].[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#00007f][COLOR=#00007f][FONT=Arial]....And no one even knows his name.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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