Funniest Thing I have ever heard !

[cascadingshadows]

Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were £1 for cars ($1.40), £5 for busses (about $7).

Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo Management called the City Council and asked it to send them another parking agent.

The Council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility.

The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was a City employee.

The City Council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll.

Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain (or some such scenario), is a man who'd apparently had a ticket machine installed completely on his own; and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years.

Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars!
.....
And no one even knows his name


I KNOW THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PHOTOGRAPHY, EVEN THO THERE IS A PICTURE INCLUDED BUT I COULD NOT HELP BUT SHARE THE LAUGH !!!

[Digidave]

No wonder he was "very pleasant"! What a great idea! It's got me thinking.

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[Cherokee Maiden]

We laughed and laughed at this one, THANKS!!

[sk66]

Fantastic!
Hmm.....There's an empty lot downtown.....

[eaglesfan]

Wow! that's just great. i needed that mental chuckle, thanks!

[Chip]

Well, sure, that sounds like a lot of money. But, after you take out taxes. . .

Nevermind.

I really hope this isn't an urban myth.

[OsmosisStudios]

I REALLY wanna Snopes this.

[m.c.adams]

Snopes says this is an urban legend.

[crazzy88ss]

Lol. anybody know if this is true?

Originally Posted by Chip

Well, sure, that sounds like a lot of money. But, after you take out taxes. . .

Nevermind.

I really hope this isn't an urban myth.

it'd all be tax free...

[AndCity]

Sorry to rain on your tea party but it seems to have started out as an April Fools joke. Good joke though!

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