scunnered

iTrader: (1)

An analogy of how the government does business.


The hotel proprietor takes the £100 and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the £100, and runs to pay his debt to the farmer.

The farmer takes the £100, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed.

The supplier of feed takes the £100 and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.

The prostitute runs to the hotel, and uses the £100 to pay off her debt to the hotel proprietor, for the rooms that she rented on credit.

The hotel proprietor then lays the £100 on the counter,

At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his £100 back, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and he leaves town.

No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the government is doing business today.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Seen it before, but it still makes me smile.......and wince, at the same time

The USA are pretty much the same

scunnered

iTrader: (1)

Yes I know its an old one, but Scoobynet is full of old ones. I don't think I've actually seen a joke on here that I've not seen years earlier.
I just adapted this old American joke to suit the UK.
I thought it seemed appropriate in the current political climate.

Jerome

You've missed out the first line:

A tourist walks into a hotel and hands the proprietor £100 for a room but wants to inspect them first.