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A man owned a
small ranch in Texas. The Texas Hourly Wage Department claimed he was not
paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a
list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well"
replied the rancher, "There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3
years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here
for 18 months, and I pay her $500 per week plus free room and board. Then
there's the half-wit who works here about 18 hours every day and does about 90%
of all the work around here. He makes $10 per week, and I buy him a bottle of
bourbon every Saturday night."
"That's the
guy I want to talk to - the half-wit," says the agent.
"That would
be me," replied the rancher.