A man owned a small farm outside the city limits of Advance, MO.<br />Wage & Hour officials claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an<br />agent out to interview him.<br /><br />"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.<br /><br />"Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600<br />a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I<br />pay her $500 a month plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit who<br />works here about 18 hours a day, seven days a week. He makes $10 a week and<br />I buy him a bottle of bourbon every week," replied the farmer.<br /><br />"That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," says the agent.<br /><br />The farmer says, "That would be me."
