eyecatcher
09-06-2006, 07:36 PM
Nuss Brothers
Peter and Alfred Nussbaum tailors and partners in the firm Nussbaum
Brothers; and after many years they decided to Anglicize their names and
henceforth the firm should be known as the Nuss Brothers. After completing
the legal paperwork, they informed the receptionist, Ethel, that from
Monday on, she should answer the phone as "Nuss Brothers."
"I quit," said Ethel.
"But why?" asked Peter, "The pay and benefits will be the same!"
"Yeah? Well YOU answer the phone then. I don't want to answer and find that
the caller says he wants to speak with Mr. Nuss. Then I would have to
say.....
"Yes Sir; which one? P. Nuss or A. Nuss?"
Peter and Alfred Nussbaum tailors and partners in the firm Nussbaum
Brothers; and after many years they decided to Anglicize their names and
henceforth the firm should be known as the Nuss Brothers. After completing
the legal paperwork, they informed the receptionist, Ethel, that from
Monday on, she should answer the phone as "Nuss Brothers."
"I quit," said Ethel.
"But why?" asked Peter, "The pay and benefits will be the same!"
"Yeah? Well YOU answer the phone then. I don't want to answer and find that
the caller says he wants to speak with Mr. Nuss. Then I would have to
say.....
"Yes Sir; which one? P. Nuss or A. Nuss?"