A man owned a small ranch in Idaho. The Idaho Wage & Hour Dept claimed he<br />nwas not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview<br />nhim.<br />n<br />n"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the<br />nagent.<br />n<br />n"Well" replied the rancher, "There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3<br />nyears. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been<br />nhere for 18 months, and I pay her $500 per week plus free room and board.<br />nThen there's the half-wit who works here about 18 hours every day and does<br />nabout 90% of all the work around here. He makes $10 per week, and I buy him<br />na bottle of bourbon every Saturday night."<br />n<br />n"That's the guy I want to talk to — the half-wit," says the agent.<br />n<br />n"That would be me," replied the rancher.