Palavras lidas #206

Bargaining in the Club can sometimes take on an amusing note. Just recently, one overheard two people "handeling" about a two-carat* stone which went as follows:

"Do you have a two-carat stone for $1,200 per carat?"

The man replied "definitely not."

"$1,300?" - No.

"$1,400?" - No.

"$1,500?" - Shrug of the head.

"$1,600?" - Oh yes I have just the stone for you.

The alleged buyer looked at the stone and said:

"Fine, will you take $1,200 per carat for it?"

"Jews and the Diamond Trade," in the Jewish Directory and Almanac, 1984, p. 309

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*1 carat = 0.2 grams