In The Begining ...

Four men were sitting in a pub. They were arguing over which of their professions had been around the longest.

The conversation went something like this:

The first of the men, a Doctor called Malcolm stated:-

"Well obviously my profession is the oldest, I mean surely God must have needed a doctor to remove the rib from Adam which he then used to create Eve."

The man next to him, a Minister responds:-

"Yes my son, you may have a point there, however surely the ministry is the oldest profession, for someone had to bless Adam and Eve with the faith in God."

The third man responds rather briskly:-

"YES, Rev Jeff. I can, just about see where you're coming from on that one. However. To create the earth, and indeed the universe out of nothing but CHAOS within just 6 days is an ambitious project. After all my years in Civil Engineering I can tell you a project that size would require many engineers, hence mine, must be the oldest profession.

The doctor, the minister and the engineer all exchange a few more feeble arguments before the fourth man, a small, glum looking gentleman who's only contribution thus far has been to stare vacantly into the bottom of his whisky glass and foam at the mouth coughs loudly. He says in a quiet, patient, almost condescending voice:-

"I work fur the cooncil, who the f##k dae yae think created the chaos!"