$7,000

Sister: $7,000.
Me: Eh?
Sister: $7,000 (US). That's how much Uncle is offering to anyone who will marry one of his 30-something factory girls.

Our uncle owns a factory in the old country. He has his own sizable brood of not-quite-marriageable age, but his paternal feelings extend to his young employees.

Me: I thought there's a severe overabundance of males there.
Sister: All the girls are in the cities while all the guys are in the countryside.
Me: Why?
Sister: Because the factories hire the girls.
Me: Why?
Sister: [exasperated sigh] Because the girls do the job better.
Me: Why?
Sister: Because girls are just plain faster than boys.
Me: ...

Hmmm...I could use $7,000...