Dennis Penberthy, an elderly Cornish farmer, received a letter from the
Department for Work & Pensions, stating that they suspected he was not
paying his employees enough and they would send an inspector to
interview them.
On the appointed day, the inspector turned up.
"Tell me about the staff here," he asked Penberthy.
"Well," said Penberthy, "there's the farmhand. I pay him £240 a week,
and he has a free cottage. Then there's the housekeeper. She gets £190
a week, along with free board and lodging. There's also the half-wit.
He works a 16 hour day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week,
along with a bottle of gin every week, and, occasionally, gets to sleep
with my wife."
"That's who I want to talk to," said the inspector, "the half-wit."
"That'll be me then," said Penberthy.
