Two successful businessmen, Don and Harry, had known each other and been friends all their lives, having met in primary school.
While they got on well together they were great rivals and whenever one did something the other had to outdo him.
When Harry bought a Mercedes coupe, Don announced that he had just purchased a 7 Series BMW.
When Don bought a home for two million dollars, Harry responded by buying one for 2.5 million.
Harry went on a trip to Europe and when he came home he couldn't wait to tell Don that he had been able to secure a trip to Buckingham Palace where he had been introduced to the Queen.
Don was eaten with jealousy and determined to outdo Harry and within a few days he had embarked on a trip to Europe.
When he returned the two friends met up for dinner.
"How did your trip go?" Harry asked do. "Was it as good as my trip?"
"I don't really know", Don responded.
He went on, "My first stop was Rome and when I arrived the Pope came to the airport to meet me. He invited me to the Vatican and I spent the whole three weeks staying with him and looking at all of the fine works of art and treasures of the Holy See."
Harry was greatly impressed. "The Pope?" he asked breathlessly, "tell me, what is the Pope really like?"
"Well", Don replied, "He is a fine fellow and I really liked him. But, Mrs Pope, I didn't like her at all!"
Q. How do you make a successful small business?
A. Put an idiot in charge of a large one.
A little recorded note in history occurred in the late 1990s when former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev held a news conference in London.
A reporter from one the UK's tabloid press asked him, "Mr Gorbachev, what effect on history do you think it would have been if, in 1963, President Krushchev had been assassinated instead of President Kennedy?"
Gorbacheb paused for a moment, thought and replied, "Well, I think that Mr Onassis would not have married Mrs Krushchev."
An economist is a person who marries Elle Macpherson for her money!
