<VV> Re: technical stuff (Humor)

[Mike Kost]

Lost <mailto:julia.macalka at Lost> Balloonist

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and 
spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted,  "Excuse me, 
can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I 
don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering 
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees 
north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.

"I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically 
correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact 
is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If 
anything, you've delayed my trip."

The woman below responded, "You must be in Management."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're 
going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot 
air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you 
expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in 
exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, 
it's my fault."

grant young wrote:

><I understood Jim just fine but I may have an advantage. 
>I'm trained as an engineer with the added benefit of being raised in New 
>Jersey>
>
>But, have you ever driven a train? And, how was it being reared in the
>armpit of America?
>  
>


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