The Salesman and the Hound

A salesman is walking up to a house, ready to make his pitch.

As he gets closer, he sees an old hound dog lying on the porch. Every few seconds, the hound lets out a slow painful whimper.

Inside the house through the screen, he sees an old man sitting in a chair reading a book.

The salesman gets up to the door, but is still distracted by the hound, “Sir, may I ask what’s wrong with your dog?”

The old man, still reading his book, says, “Oh, he’s lyin’ on a nail.”

Confused, the salesman asks, “Well… why doesn’t he move?”

The old man shrugs. “Guess it doesn’t hurt bad enough yet.”

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An oldie but a goodie.

This can be taken many different ways.

On the personal end, what nails are you lying on that “don’t hurt enough”?

On a business end, maybe it’s providing a service where the price point “doesn’t hurt enough”.

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