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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Korn)
Wed Jan 20 21:18:25 1999

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:16:58 -0500
To: aepi-humor@MIT.EDU, humor@MIT.EDU
From: Josh Korn <jkorn@MIT.EDU>

>>> 
>>> A man is flying a hot air balloon and he realizes he is lost. He reduces
>>> altitude and spots a man down below.  He lowers the balloon further and
>>> shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
>>> The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet
>>> above this field."
>>> "You must work in Engineering", says the balloonist.
>>> "I do", replies the man in the field, " How did you know?"
>>> "Well," says the man in the balloon, " everything you told me is
>>> technically correct, but it's of no use to me."
>>> The man below says, "You must work in Management."
>>> "I do, but how do you know?" replies the man in the balloon.
>>> "Well," says  the man in the field, "you don't know where you are, or
>>> where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the
>>> same position you were in before you met me, but now it's my fault
>>> 
>>> ******************************************************************
>>> 
>>> Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip.
>>> 
>>> As they lay down for the night, Holmes said: "Watson, look up into the sky
>>> and tell me what you see".
>>> Watson said: "I see millions and millions of stars".
>>> Holmes:  "And what does that tell you?"
>>> Watson:  "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies
>>> and potentially billions of planets.  Theologically, it tells me that God
>>> is great and that we are small and insignificant.
>>> Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
>>> What does it tell you?"
>>> Holmes:  "Somebody stole our tent".
>>> 
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