[BITList] Common Sense

[franka]

>  Commons sense
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>  Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken wall at 10 Downing
>  Street ; one from London , another from Bristol and the third,from
>  Liverpool .
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>  They go with a government official to examine the wall.
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>  The London contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
>  measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
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>  'Well', he says, 'I figure the job will run about £900: £400 for
>  materials, £400 for my crew and £100 profit for me.'
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>  The Bristol contractor also does some measuring and figuring, and then
>  says, 'I can do this job for £700: £300 for materials, £300 for my
>  crew and £100 profit for me.'
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>  The Liverpool contractor doesn't measure or figure but leans over to
>  the Government official and whispers, "£2,700."
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>  The official, incredulous, says, 'You didn't even measure like the
>  other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'
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>  The Liverpool contractor whispers back, '£1000 for me, £1000 for you,
>  and we hire the guy from Bristol to fix the wall.'
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>  'Done!' replies the government official.
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>  And that friends, ...... Is how it all works.
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