>>> THE HARDWARE STORE BARTER
>>>
>>> Earl was fixing a door and he found that he needed a new hinge, so he
>>> sent his wife Mary to the hardware store.
>>>
>>> While she was waiting for Carl, the manager, to finish with a customer,
>>> she saw a beautiful teapot on a top shelf.
>>>
>>> When Carl was finished, Mary asked "How much for the teapot?"
>>>
>>> Carl replied, "That's silver and it costs $300."
>>>
>>> "My goodness that sure is a lot of money!" Mary exclaimed Then she
>>> proceeded to describe the hinge that Earl had sent her to buy, and Carl
>>> went to the back room to find it.
>>>
>>> From the back room Carl yelled, "Mary, you wanna screw for that hinge?"
>>>
>>> Mary replied, "No, but I will for the teapot."
>>> This is why you can't send a woman to a hardware store.