Gone Fishin'

A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job at a city department
store. In fact, it was the biggest store in the world - you could get
anything there.


The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?"


"Yes, I was a salesman in the country," said the lad. The boss liked the
cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow and I'll come and see you
when we close up.


The day was long and arduous for the young man, but finally 5 o'clock came
around.


The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make today?"


"One" said the young salesman.


"Only one" blurted the boss, "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day.
How much was the sale worth?"


"One hundred thousand, three hundred and thirty four dollars" said the
young man.


"How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.


"Well," said the salesman, "this man came in and I sold him a small fish
hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sold him
a small fishing line, a medium one and a huge big one. I asked him where
he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I said he would probably
need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that
twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen
probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to the car department
and sold him the new Deluxe Cruiser."


The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that
to a guy who came in for a fish hook?"


"No," answered the salesman. "He came in to buy a box of Tampons for his
wife and I said to him,"Your weekend's fucked, you may as well go fishing."