Right answer but to a different question

A business owner was confused about an invoice, so he called his secretary in to help.

You graduated from University. If I were to give you $20,000, less 14%, how much would you take off?"

The secretary thought a moment, and replied, "Everything but my earrings."

The Original sin

NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE CAN TOP THIS...

I want one . It beats riding a motor bike in the wet

The Most Economic Car in the World will be on sale next year:

Its a  car that will get you back and forth to work on the  cheap... $600 for the car. 258 miles per  gallon...

Only a one seater however - Talk about cheap  transportation....

It looks like Ford, Chrysler and GM missed the  boat again!

This $600 car is no toy and is  ready to be released in China next year. The  single seater aero car totes VW (Volkswagen)  branding.

Volkswagen did  a lot of very protected testing of this car in  Germany, and announced only now where the  car will make its first  appearance.

The car  was introduced at the VW stockholders meeting as the  most economical car in the world is  presented.

The initial objective of the  prototype was to prove that 1 litre of fuel could  deliver 100 kilos of  travel.

Spartan interior doesn't  sacrifice safety.
The aero  design proved essential to getting the desired  result.
The body is 3.47 meters long and  just 1.25 meters wide, and a little over a meter  high.The prototype was made completely of carbon fibre  and is not painted to save  weight.

The  power plant is a one cylinder diesel, positioned ahead  of the rear axle and combined with an automatic  shift controlled by a knob in the  interior.

Safety was not  compromised as the impact and roll-over protection is  comparable to the GT racing  cars.

From conception to production: 3  years and the company is headquartered in Hamburg ,  Germany ... Will be selling for 4000 Yuan, equivalent  to US $600..
Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons 
Speed = 62 – 74.6 Miles/hour
Fuel efficiency = 258  miles/gallon
Distance with a full tank = 404 miles

I went to check the official press releases on this. Hoax and other such words find their way into the web. Then again you never know who is fuelling this.

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On the other hand ere is a earlier prototype on a VW stand in 2009 motor show

Dear Dr

Israel’s new Cutting Edge Airport Security

TEL AVIV, Israel The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners.
It's an armoured booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.

Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling.

It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.
You're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion.
Shortly thereafter, an announcement: Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London . Shalom! .

The Tax Man

At the end of the tax year, the Inland Revenue office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.
While the agent was checking the books he turned to the Accountant of the Hospital and said, "I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the Accountant. "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every now and then they send us a free box of bandages."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way. "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the Hospital Accountant, realising that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Accountant.
"Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the Accountant. "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the Inland Revenue Office, and about once a year they send us a complete prick!"

Life is filled with hard decisions........

David Dykhoff sent me this to add to his collection on Humour for all Occasions.
It appealed to me so much I did some research on and I posted that on Performance Controller as a  serious and light-hearted example of Nabisco’s brilliantly effective campaign in hitting the mark in advertising its product.
http://www.performancecontroller.com/2012/06/how-can-you-be-effective-with-a-single-advertisement/