[2856] in Humor
HUMOR: Leadership Qualities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Fri Jun 18 09:10:55 1999
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:09:19 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>
>Who's in Charge?
>
>One day the different parts of the body were having an argument to see
>which should be in charge:
>
>The brain said I do all the thinking so I'm the most important and I
>should be in charge.
>
>The eyes said I see everything and let the rest of you know where we are,
>so I'm the most important and I should be in charge.
>
>The hands said: Without me we wouldn't be able to pick anything up or move
>anything. So I'm the most important and I should be in charge.
>
>The stomach said: I turn the food we eat into energy for the rest of you.
>Without me, we'd starve. So I'm the most important and I should be in
>charge.
>
>The legs said: Without me we wouldn't be able to move anywhere. So I'm the
>most important and I should be in charge.
>
>Then the rectum said: I think I should be in charge.
>
>
>
>All the rest of the parts said: YOU?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't do
>anything! You're not as important as we surely are! You can't be in charge.
>
>So the rectum closed up. After a few days, the legs were all wobbly, the
>stomach was all queasy, the hands were all shaky, the eyes were all watery,
>and the brain was all cloudy.
>
>They all agreed that they couldn't take any more of this and agreed to put
>the rectum in charge.
>
>The moral of the story?
>You don't have to be the most important to be in charge.
>Sometimes you just need to be an asshole.
>
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