[2790] in Humor
HUMOR: The Harvard Method
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Mon Apr 26 17:28:25 1999
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:27:02 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: The DAILY DOSE! <yasha@harari.org>
>Subject: DAILY DOSE! 4/23/99
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:50:10 +0200
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>Q: How do you get holy water?
>A: Boil the hell out of it.
>
>Yasha Harari
>yasha@harari.org
>http://thedailydose.com
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>FISH ... GET RICH
>
>The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican
>village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small
>boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the
>Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
>
>The Mexican replied, only a little while.
>
>The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
>
>The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.
>
>The American then asked, "but what do you do with the rest of your time?"
>
>The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my
>children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each
>evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and
>busy life."
>
>The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should
>spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the
>proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you
>would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a
>middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your
>own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution.
>You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to
>Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding
>enterprise."
>
>The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"
>
>To which the American replied, "15-20 years."
>
>"But what then?"
>
>The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right
>you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and
>become very rich, you would make millions."
>
>"Millions. Then what?"
>
>The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing
>village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take
>siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could
>sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."
>
>
>Source: Fawn Faribault
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Harvard University
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