Category: C'est la Vie

A PENNY A DAY

Two men stood at the curb in front of a brand new, glass and marble 50-story office-tower in New York. One wore a smart Savile Row suit, had on Italian shoes, cuff links made of gold and the diamond in his tiepin was the size of a giant pea. The other’s clothing was clean and freshly pressed, but a little on the shabby side. While waiting for the lights to change, the well-dressed man took a cigar from his breast pocket, unwrapped and lit it and started to puff away. His companion looked at him curiously and suddenly asked:

“Excuse me, what is the price of such a cigar?”

“$35, this is a real Cuban cigar,” - was the answer.

“And how many of them do you smoke every day?” - continued the other one.

“About ten.”

The man was probably good with figures, because within a minute he blurted out:

“But that is more than $126,000 a year. Imagine, if you just gave up smoking, you could buy a house like that one on the other side of the street, within a few years.”

Now it was the other man’s turn to ask:

“Do you smoke?”

“No,” - came the prompt reply.

“And do you own such a building?”

Again the answer was negative. The lights changed and as the two started across the street, the well-dressed gentleman wound up their conversation:

“Well, I don’t know about giving up smoking, but that building there belongs to me.”

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