kev -- oranges joke is too funny!!!
how about:
There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all
things mechanical.
After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily
retired. Several years later the company contacted him regarding
a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their
multi-million dollar machines. They had tried everything and
everyone else to get the machine fixed, but to no avail. In
desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved
so many of their problems in the past.
The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day
studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a
small "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and
proudly stated, "This is where your problem is."
The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again.
The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his
service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges.
The engineer responded briefly:
One chalk mark $ 1
Knowing where to put it $49,999
...
Not so much an uber-funny joke but amusing none-the-less.