Tailor's Dillema

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Once a tailor was cutting a suit for his customer. He turned the piece fo material over and over for a long time without being able to bring himself to use the scissors. The apprentice boy finally asked him why he hesitated, and the answer was, "If I cut something out for him there would be nothing for me, if I cut something for me there would be nothing for him."


[Chinese Wit and Humour by edited by George Kao]

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