Pat and Mick put a price in for a new underground tunnel in new york thats to run under the hudson river.The contracts manager phones Pat to ask him if the price he tenderd for the job was correct.
Ring ring ring ring!
Pat:
Hello.
Contracts manager:
Hello pat it`s about the price you tenderd for the tunnel job.Are you sure you`ve got this right,$275? when every other contracter have put tenders in for $350.000.000 and more?
Pat:
Yes thats correct sir $137.5 for myself and $137.5 for Mick. Mick will start to dig at one end with a shuvel and pick and i will start at the other end with a shuvel and pick sir.
contracts manager:
But what happens if you both miss each other in the middle pat?
pat:
Well sir you will have two tunnels when you only paid for the one.
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Ring ring ring ring!
Pat:
Hello.
Contracts manager:
Hello pat it`s about the price you tenderd for the tunnel job.Are you sure you`ve got this right,$275? when every other contracter have put tenders in for $350.000.000 and more?
Pat:
Yes thats correct sir $137.5 for myself and $137.5 for Mick.
Mick will start to dig at one end with a shuvel and pick and i will start at the other end with a shuvel and pick sir.
contracts manager:
But what happens if you both miss each other in the middle pat?
pat:
Well sir you will have two tunnels when you only paid for the one.