Jokes and Giggles Part Two
Copyright© 2017 by Jack Spratt
Chapter 510
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Reltney McFee, many thanks for this one!
Three brothers inherited a mining claim and decided that their fortune would be found making it a working mine. One was a smooth talker, and he was assigned assembling the appropriate workforce, including engineers. The second was bright and had a keen eye for detail, and so was assigned the task of assembling the required permits, licenses, easements, and marketing the mine’s output.
The third was, well, had a speech impediment as well as being not overly bright. The first brother developed a checklist of that which would be required to make the mine work, and so brother number three was in charge of supplies.
Periodically, the three would meet. The first brother would outline the progress made in assembling the workforce, as well as ongoing reports from the engineers. The second brother recounted the permits, licenses, easements, and merchandising he was making happen, and detailed the pending arrangements. The third brother, asked how the supply situation was progressing, blandly assured his brothers, “Supplies? No problem!”
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