Mistakes
When a plumber makes a mistake he charges twice for it.
When a lawyer makes a mistake it's just what he wanted, because he has a chance to try the case all over again.
When a carpenter makes a mistake it's just what he expected, because chances are ten to one he never learned the trade.
When a doctor makes a mistake he buries it.
When a judge makes a mistake it becomes a law of the land.
When an electrician makes a mistake, he blames it on induction—nobody knows what that is.
When a preacher makes a mistake, nobody knows the difference.
But when an editor makes a mistake, Good Night!
(source unknown, published in the NZ Railways Magazine in 1928)
When a plumber makes a mistake he charges twice for it.
When a lawyer makes a mistake it's just what he wanted, because he has a chance to try the case all over again.
When a carpenter makes a mistake it's just what he expected, because chances are ten to one he never learned the trade.
When a doctor makes a mistake he buries it.
When a judge makes a mistake it becomes a law of the land.
When an electrician makes a mistake, he blames it on induction—nobody knows what that is.
When a preacher makes a mistake, nobody knows the difference.
But when an editor makes a mistake, Good Night!
(source unknown, published in the NZ Railways Magazine in 1928)
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