Friday, July 14, 2006

Relative Deprivation

Co-worker: [examining paycheck] Dammit! The government took $3,000!
Stanley: [wryly] Well, they have to pave the roads and stuff...
Co-worker: Yeah, whatever.
Stanley: At the risk of being rude, what was the gross pay on that check?
Co-worker: Seven.
Stanley: [vomits]

2 Comments:

Blogger t(h)om said...

why does the government have to punish success?

14/7/06 12:27 PM  
Blogger Stanley said...

Because, t(h)om, if they punished failure, there'd be no one to recieve the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Silly goose.

14/7/06 12:34 PM  

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