Send A Bill.

[marval]

A large shipping company had problems with one of their ships, the ship's engine failed.

The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young.

He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.

After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away and left.

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand pounds.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemised bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer....................... £ 2.00

Knowing where to tap.......................... £ 9,998.00

[Jeza]

I had a job like that when I was an engineer. Didn't get paid that much though. Still very humorous.

[SpikeyBush]

You're giving Jeremy Clarkson ideas here

[pixie373]

Lol :-)

[aelmpvw]

the bill for the hammer tapping was extortionate