Thrift

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Two ladies are brought before King Solomon.

One of them is a Mod Lady in the most fashionable outfit and gold ornaments dangling all over.

The other is an Old Widow barefooted, modestly dressed.

Solomon asks his Minister of Law & Justice what the Issue is.

The Minister says that the Old Widow is complaining that the Mod Lady borrowed one gold sovereign from her a year ago, didn't repay, and is now denying everything.

Solomon asks them who and what they are.

The Mod Lady replies that she and her husband are highly paid Software Professionals from Hyderabad.

The Old Widow says that she is childless, lives in a hut on the Interest she gets from the few gold sovereigns her husband left her by lending them on trust.

Everyone titters except Solomon.

He asks both the ladies to go out, walk in wet mud and return,

He then stands them on either side of a partition, with a bucket of water and a mug each, and asks them to clean up their feet.

Pretty soon the Mod Lady comes out with the bucket emptied and asking for more water.

The Old Widow comes out spotlessly clean with all the water in her bucket intact but for a mug of water she used up.

Solomon decrees that all the gold ornaments on the Mod Lady be handed over to the Old Widow.

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Q: What is the modern antonym of Thrift?

A: Outsourcing

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