A man is going to open a shop selling hats. He wan-ted a good sign to put over his shop. He wrote:
JOHN BROWN HATTERMakes and Sells Hatsfor Ready Money
The first friend gave him the advice that the word"hatter" wasn't needed. So John crossed out the
word " HATTER" . Then he came to another friend for advice.This friend said that it was not polite to
say"for readymoney". So he crossed out" for ready money". The signnow said :JOHN BROWNMakes
and Sells Hats
One day a friend was passing his shop. He saw thissign and said that when a man bought a hat, he
didn'tcare who made it. So John crossed out that word , too.
But when another friend saw " John Brown SellsHats" ,he said, " Of course you sell hats. No one
thinksyou give them away for free. " So, at last the sign read :JOHN BROWN