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    Default Queensland Government at work.

    Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Queensland Parliament Buildings. One is from Ipswich, another from Logan and the third is from Kenmore.

    All three go with a Parliament official to examine the fence.
    The Ipswich contractor takes out a tape measure, does some measuring then writes down some figures. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900, $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
    The Logan contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700, $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

    The Kenmore contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the Parliament official and whispers, "$2,700."

    The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

    The Kenmore contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Logan to fix the fence..."

    "Done!" replied the government official.

    And that, my friends, is politics Queensland style ! !
    Mick

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    Thought this was the jokes section - not the news.

    Peter
    The other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".

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    Quote Originally Posted by petersemple View Post
    Thought this was the jokes section - not the news.

    Peter
    No the joke is that QLDer's work

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