An Irish Story......

 As St. Patrick's Day has recently been and gone, I thought you may enjoy this little Irish story....



Paddy McCoy, an elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions stating that they suspected he  was not paying his employees the statutory minimum wage and they  would send an inspector to interview them.

On the  appointed day, the inspector turned up.
 "Tell me about your staff,"  he asked Paddy.

"Well," said Paddy, "there's the farm hand, I pay  him £240 a week, and he has a free cottage. Then there's  the housekeeper. She gets £190 a week, along with free board and  lodging. There's also the half-wit.  He works a 16 hour day,  does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week along with a bottle of  whisky and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my  wife."
 
 "That's disgraceful" said the inspector, "I need to  interview the half-wit."

 "That'll be me then,"  said Paddy.