Painterly chrome side-view mirror mounted on a red fuel can against yellow.

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Steven Wright

I drove past a gas station the other day. There were two signs in the window; "Help Wanted", "Self Service". So, I went in and hired myself. Made myself the boss. I took all the money and I left.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Wright plays a job notice and a self-service sign against each other. He hires himself, becomes his own boss, then takes the money and leaves. The joke is the deadpan logic that turns a loophole into a crime.

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