Joke of the day. Are you ready?

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A young man applied for a salesman's job at a city department store. The boss asked the young man, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" Shaking his head, the young man mutters "No sir" The boss liked the young man's honesty. "Be here at 9am" he said. At the end of the day, I'll check in with you & see if this is a job that you REALLY want" The day proved to be a long, ardous one for the young man. Finally 5 o'clock came around. The boss came by as promised. "So, how many sales did you make today?" "One, sir" said the young salesman. Astonished the boss replied "Only one?!!" "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale worth?" "Three hundred thousand dollars" came the reply. "How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss. "Well", said the young man, "This man came in and I sold him a small fish hook... then a medium fishhook.... then finally a large fishhook. I then sold him a small fishing line.... a medium fishing line.......and a long fishing line." I started to chat with the guy & asked him where he was going fishing. He told me "Down the Coast" I told him that he would get better results with a boat. I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he told me his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to tow it the boat. So, I took him to the car department and sold him the new Deluxe Cruiser." Amazed, the boss took two steps back and exclaimed, "You sold all of that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?!!" "No," answered the young man, "He came in to buy a box of Super Tampons, Midol & Pantyliners for his wife. I just said to him....."Well, your weekend's shot, you may as well go fishing!"