#Joke #Humour #Life
The banker and the retired clown
A banker goes to the doctor. He says to the doctor he works all the time and he feels stressed, can't sleep, it's terrible!
Doctor says the cure is simple, you need to take a vacation and get away from it all, it's the only thing that will save your health so you'll have to find a way to take a month off.
The banker hires extra help to run his office while he is away and heads to the rural beaches of Palmas, Mexico. There he meets a fisherman, he asks the fisherman about his life.
The fisherman says I get up at 5AM, go out on my boat and have a coffee as the sun comes up, I bring in some fish to sell and a few for my family, and by 10:30 I'm done and back in port. I stop at home for lunch and make love to my beautiful wife. Later, I go out with some friends for some football and I play guitar at the local saloon. It ain't much but it's honest work.
The banker says you're sitting on a goldmine here! You should work from sun-up to sun-down, sell the extra fish to get another boat and some crewmates so you can go catch even more. Before long you'll have a fleet of ships! You'll be a wealthy man!
The fisherman says But senor, why would I want that?
The banker says once you're wealthy, you could go out on your boat as the sun comes up, fish all morning, make love in the afternoon, and hang out with your friends in the evening!
The fisherman sighs, taking off his straw hat.
"But Mr. Banker, I was once a famous clown known as Pagliacci. I traveled the world and entertained audiences worldwide, but I was consumed by a crushing existential void inside. I went to the doctor, I told him of my plight, he told me the cure is simple, you need to take a vacation and get away from it all, it's the only thing that will save your health so you'll have to find a way to take a month off..."
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