The owner of a golf course just outside Atlanta was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary, a recent graduate of the University of Georgia, for some mathematical help.
He called her into his office and said, “I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?”
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, “Everything but my earrings.”
Topics Illustrated Include:
Lost in Translation
Math
Mistake
Misunderstanding
Sex
(Resource cataloged by David R Smith)