Humour

A fellow was down on his luck and needed a job badly, the only trouble was he couldn't read or write. He knocked on every door asking for work. Finally he knocked on the door of a house of ill repute. The madam said she needed a bookkeeper, but he explained he couldn't read or write. The madam felt sorry for him and said she would give him food and a place to stay in return for his doing the janitorial work around the place.

For dinner, she fed him well and he had a nice apple left. He went out to take a walk and a fellow offered him a dime for the apple. With that dime, he bought two apples and promptly sold them for a dime each. With that money, he bought more fruit and sold it.

The rest was history, he founded an enormous produce empire and became a millionaire. One day he and his accountant were talking and the accountant said,

"My gosh, look at you, a millionaire, just think what you could have done if you could read and write."

The owner of the company said, "If I could read and write, I would be a bookkeeper in a whore house."