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Old Story About the Plumber

Old Story About the Plumber

April 15, 2017 Nate

The plumber comes to your house, bangs on the pipes once, and says, “That’ll be a hundred dollars.”

“A hundred dollars!” you say. “All you did was bang on the pipes once!”

“Oh no,” the plumber responds. “Banging on the pipes is only five dollars. Knowing where to bang—that’s ninety-five dollars.”


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