Mais watch out cher, dat Boudreaux he watch you!
#7 - Pierre & Boudreaux At The LSU Office...
Pierre and Boudreaux found themselves out of a job when
the underwear factory in Port Barre shut down. But
their boss said they could go to the LSU office -- you
know ... the Louisiana State Unemployment Office -- so
that Pierre and Boudreaux could get some money from the
State while out of a job. So Pierre and Boudreaux went
to the LSU office.
As Pierre waited, Boudreaux sat down at a desk and was
interviewed by the lady there.
"And what was your former occupation?" she asked.
"Me, I was a crotch stitcher. I specialized in ladies
underpants." Boudreaux proudly replied.
So the lady looks it up in her big book and says, "OK,
you're eligible for $50 a week."
"You mean I don't gotta do nothin' and I kin get $50 a
week. Man, dats betta den crawfishin'!" Boudreaux
shouted.
Then Pierre sat down and the lady asked him the same
question.
Pierre looked her straight in the eye and said, "I was
one a dem diesel fitters."
She looked up in her big book again and said "Very good
then, you're eligible for $200 a week in unemployment
benefits."
"Wait a minute!" Boudreaux shouted. "Mais, how come
Pierre gets $200 a week, and me, I only get $50. I tole
you I used to be a crotch stitcher; you know you gotta
be real good to do dat kind of work so de seams are all
nice an straight an smooth so nutting scratches de
lady. An Pierre here, he's only a diesel fitter. And
he's gonna make at least twice more dan me?!"
"Oh," the lady replied, "but he's a skilled laborer
with an education. Diesel fitters are in high demand
especially by oil fields and heavy equipment users.
There's not many diesel specialists around."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, lady," Boudreaux continued, "you got
dat all wrong. Yeah, Pierre's a diesel fitter, all
right. But what dat means is dat after I do all de fine
work on de lady drawers, he picks dem up, looks 'em
over and stretches dem dis way and dat, and den says,
'Yep, dese'll fit her!'"