From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!gary Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: Chinese Phone Co. Jokes Article-I.D.: rocheste.409 Posted: Thu Jan 13 12:21:21 1983 Received: Sat Jan 15 04:56:23 1983 References: pyuxqq.104 The way I heard it, it goes: There are these two Chinese brothers, the Wongs, who decide to open a paint store. They make all their own paints, and the colors are wonderful, vibrant reds, lush greens, sunset oranges, but the white, which is what most people buy, was dingy. Even their gloss white was off-white. So business was bad, and finally they went bankrupt. the moral: Two Wongs can't make a white! gary cottrell (...!seismo!rochester!gary) P.S. You can make it into the usual 3 episode thing by adding how they tried a laundry business, but couldn't get clothes white enuf, but I can't remember the third thing (make one up).