By coincidence three construction contractors all died on the
same day. One was
@Zigman66 . One was
@lunatic59 . One was
@olbriar . St. Peter met them at the Pearly Gates and thought
it was a good time to get some estimates on what it would cost to
renovate the gates.
St. Peter first asked Zigman... "Well... I'd say it would
cost about $900", he responded after looking the gates over for sometime.
"I see," said St. Peter, "could you give me a breakdown of the costs?"
"I'd figure about $300 for my crew, $300 for materials, and $300 for
myself."
"That sounds fairly reasonable.", said St. Peter, and he turned to
Lunatic and asked for his estimates. "Hmmm..." He looked
the gates over and said, "I think $1200 should be adequate."
"Why twelve hundred dollars?", asked St. Peter.
"Well," said Lunatic, "I'd need $400 for my crew, because I have
a better crew. I'll need $400 for materials, because I use better
materials, and I'd need $400 for myself, because I do better work."
"I see." said St. Peter, and he turned the question over to Olbriar.
After looking the great gates over for some time, he responded,
"$2900." "$2900!" exclaimed St. Peter, "Why so much?"
"Well..." said Olbriar, "A thousand dollars for me... A
thousand dollars for you... and we can get that Zigman to do it for
$900..."