Three contractors . . . one from Lebanon, another from Syria and the third from Florida are bidding to repair the White House fence.
They go with a White House official to examine the fence.


The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says. "I figure the job will run $900 . . . $400 for materials, $400 for labor and $100 profit for me."


The syrian 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 Lebanese contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House 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?"


"Easy," the Lebanese explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the Syrian to do the work."

"Shou hal Lebnaniyi!"