Automotive .... nyuk, nyuk

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This urban legend is said to happen to the "King of Shoemakers" Tomas
Bata. (He was as important to Czech industry as Henry Ford is to the
American one.)

Bata was driving through the country and suddenly he realized that
something was wrong with his car. Fearing that he might get stuck in the
road he stopped at a village and asked for help. The villagers directed
him to the local blacksmith. The blacksmith inspected the engine, did
something and the car was OK. Then he asked for 100 crowns. Bata was a
bit discontent with paying so much money for a minute's work, so he
asked for a detailed bill. The blacksmith took a pencil and a scrap of
paper and wrote:

fastened a screw:     2.00
knew which one:      98.00
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        total:      100.00
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Seems like this nyuk, nyuk was a take-off on the one that
I posted about a retired engineer and a $5,000 billing (or maybe
even $50,000 billing) he did for his former company.

Then Bro Brown posted that that nyuk, nyuk was a take-off of
an incident with Thomas Edison doing, in-real-life, nearly the
same thing.....

Bro Tyler