Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
Quizzes & Puzzles8 mins ago
A 17-year-old boy who works part-time at Pizza Hut drives up to park in front of the house in a beautiful Porsche.
Naturally, his parents know that there’s no way he earned enough with his after-school job to buy such a car.
“Where did you get that car?” his mum and dad screamed in shock.
“I bought it today,” replied the teen calmly.
“With what money young man?” his mum demands. “We know how much a Porsche costs and you cannot afford it!”
“Well, it’s used and I got a good deal” says the boy, “This one cost me 20 pounds.”
“Who on earth would sell a car like that for 20 quid?!”
“The woman up the street,” the boy replies. “I don’t know her name–she just moved in.
She ordered a pizza and when I delivered it to her, she asked me if I wanted to buy a Porsche for 20 pounds.”
The boy’s dad and mum hurry over to their new neighbour’s house, ready to demand an explanation. Curiously, their new neighbour is calmly planting flowers in her front yard.
“I’m the father of the kid you just sold a sports car to for £20,” the dad says. “I need an explanation from you!”
“Well,” the woman says, not looking up from her garden. “This morning I got a phone call from my husband. I thought he was on a business trip in Florida, but it seems he has run off to Hawaii with his secretary and doesn’t intend to come back.”
“What on earth does that have to do with selling our son a Porsche for £20?” The boy’s mum asks, utterly perplexed.
The new neighbour smiles very big, and pauses for a minute. “Well, my husband asked me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money.
So I did..."
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