Panama Canal

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The following incident happened during a presentation by my boss.

Boss Chua flashes a picture similar to the one below on the projector

Boss Chua: "Can anyone tell me how much a ship like this have to pay to cross the Panama Canal?"

Employee 1: "Erm... US$50,000?"

Boss Chua: "US$50,000, ok, any other guesses?"

Employee 2: "How about $US100,000?"

Boss Chua: "US$100,000, close but not close enough. The actual cost is US$400,000."

All in attendance: "Wah.... So much, blah blah blah...yak yak yak..."

Boss Chua: "The fee each ship has to pay to pass through the Panama Canal is dependant on the cargo it has on it. The more expensive the cargo is, the higher the price of the fee paid. Ok, now can anyone tell me how much did it cost a man, who was out to break a record, to swim across the Panama Canal?"

The entire room went silent... And then one wise ass tried his luck.

Wise Ass Thengz: "Depends on how much his swimming trunks cost lor."

Man, I'm really good at these kind of wise cracks. Haha... Should have been a comedian. Bloody wrong career choice to be an engineer. Darn...

For the record, the answer to the man swimming across the Panama Canal is US$8. That must've been one expensive pair of swimming trunks....